The Boys In Green Of Ireland Vs The Super Eagles Of Nigeria

Starting Lineup Nigeria Starting Lineup Ireland

GK Austin Amamchukwu Ejide #12 Gk Shay Given #1

Defenders Defenders

Sam Sodje #19 Richard Dunne #5

Yusuf Mohammed #21 Kevin Foley #2

Adefemi Olubayo #3 Sean St. Ledger #4

Eddie Nolan #3

Midfield Midfield

Seyi George Olofinjana #14 Liam Miller #6

Kalu Uche #16 Keith Andrews #8

Sone Aluko #15 Liam Lawrence #7

Damien Duff #11

Forwards Forwards

John Utaka #7 Robbie Keane #10

Joseph Akpala #13 Leon Best #9

Michael Eneramo #8

Bench Bench

Vincent Enyeama #1 GK Keiren Westwood #16 Gk

Obinna Nwaneri #5 ST Stephen Kelly DF #15

Dickson Etuhu #20 Paul McShane DF #13

Nwankwo Kanu #4 ST Glenn Whelan M #19

Peter Osaze Odemwingie #11 ST Stephen Hunt M # 17

Victor Nsofor Obinna #9 ST Kevin Kilbane M #12

Aiden McGeady M #18

Andrew Keogh ST #14

Shane Long ST #20

Ireland Substitutions

Keiren Westwood for Shay Given (46) Shane Long for Robbie Keane (46)

Aiden McGeady for Damien Duff (46) Glenn Whelan for Keith Andrews (58)

Paul McShane for Kevin Foley (72) Stephen Hunt for Liam Lawrence (81)

Nigeria Substitutions

Victor Nsofor Obinna for Sone Aluko (61) Peter Osaze Odemwingie for Joseph Akpala (61)

Obinna Nwaneri for Sam Sodje (78)

2dramasports.com Match Notes & Concerns about the Ireland versus Nigeria encounter

New team lineup- refreshing new faces
Super Eagles missed key players Ike Uche, Obodo,Yobo,John Mikel Obi,Tawio,Odiah,Obasi,Shittu
Still no Wilson Oruma invite to the Super Eagles, Nigeria Midfield needs his touch on attack
Micheal Eneramo shows a preview of the Mike show
Super Eagles still missing a play-maker in midfield , strikers were left without service
Akpala needs to step-up , was not impressed with his performance
No Victor Moses invite & Aluko for his first start was not SE material yet
Sodje showed that he still has the goods, it being a while he featured for Nigeria
Kalu Uche would be more pruductive playing behind the strikers
Akpala or Eneramo not creative or running at the defense
Super Eagles need a free-kick taker A.S.A.P
Ejide looked shaky at times , the GK spot is still open with Dele & Enyeama around

Super Eagles Of Nigeria Player & Coach Rating

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Coach Amodu : 6.5

Postive - New team lineup after back to back games with the same faces each time

Made 3 subs in a game , wow he has not done that in a while

Negative: Still needs to address the midfield crisis , inviting veteran like Wilson Oruma

Youngster like Henry Uche, Rabiu Ibrahim, Hurana Lukman and Rabiu Mohammed

could be options to the midfield issue

Ejide : 6

As i mentioned above, very suspect during the whole match

Akpala: 5.5

The high scoring form in the Belgium league has not translated to the Super Eagles

for Mr Akpala. I noticed all game long he was quick to pass the ball

when he had the ball instead of creating chances. Akpala needs to step up or

he will expire like spoiled milk

Sodje: 7

Bailed Ejide a couple of times during the match.

Adeleye:6.5

Not bad, but sorry TnT "Taye Tawio" has that spot on lock. In order to bench TnT

Adeleye needs to keep on improving -his future is bright

Y.Mohammad: 7

Good player ,has not lost a beat since his last Nigeria apperance vs South Africa

in the first leg of round 1 WCQ

Olofinjana: 5.5 Not impressed -Nigeria has more DM players that could bench him, if he not

careful

Kalu Uche : 7 Hustled and tried his best ,very impressive in the first half , faded in the

second half

Aluko : 4.5 As I mentioned above ,the young man is not Super Eagles material yet.

Its a pity he cannot be featured in the U20 selection for Nigeria

Aluko has played youth football for England

Utaka: 6 hustled made great passes , i would prefer Amodu play him in attack rather than on

the flanks

Eneramo (7) - somewhat of a revelation. Worked hard and got involved in play in all areas

of the pitch, I like his hustle, nice finish for the goal.

He may have to start v France. For a second look by Amodu

He is definately in the mix now.

Subs

Obinna Nwaneri: Not enough time to rate Obi

Osaze: 6 came on pitch give his all with passes and hustle , Osaze will most likely start versus

France

Nsofor: 5 Whats going on,it seem like that move to Inter has derailed his game. This makes

two games in a row with poor form. I have seen better from Obinna Nsofor