Nigeria 1-1 Tunisia: Super Eagles Player Ratings

  Nigeria 1-1 Tunisia: Super Eagles Player Ratings By Niyi Busari Super Eagles were unable to defeat Tunisia after scoring first to end the international friendly match 1-1 in a battle of two Eagles in Austria. With the draw, Nigeria's Super Eagles have not won any match after FIFA rated the three-time African champions 29th in the world. Nigeria attained the highest FIFA ranking for the time under the Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr Here are the rating for Super Eagles: Maduka Okoye (GK) : The goalkeeper maintained his superb performance in the Friday's 1-0 loss against Algeria and made some brilliant saves, but couldn’t save Drajer's effort. 8/10 Kelvin Akpoguma (LB): Like his debut match for Nigeria last Friday, he started the game on Tuesday but was difficult for the former Germany U21 to convince Nigerians why he should be considered in the starting XI. 3/10 Zaidu Sanusi (LB) : The left back had a promising talent in defence line and also showed his attacking attributes too in his game against Dessert Foxes but did less against the Carthage Eagles on Tuesday. Sanusi contributed to the Iheanacho's first half strike. 7/10 Jamilu Collins: The Paderborn defender failed to be an attacking threat to the Carthage Eagles unlike Sanusi. 5/10 Semi Ajayi : The captain was not visible on the field of play, but had low mark of confidence 5/10 Leon Balogun (CB) : Balogun was a more centred as He defended well and even made carried the ball forward a few times. 7/10 Chidozie Awaziem: He was utilised in a makeshift right-back position after coming on to replace Balogun and offered a lot more in attacking the opposing team. 5/10 Alex Iwobi (AM): Super Eagles most effective attacking midfielder on Tuesday. Laid much passes and produced good link up plays but his shots at goal were disappointing. His superb pass to Ahmed Musa led to the penalty awarded to Nigeria. 6/10. Moses Simon (LW) : He was a constant threat to the Tunisian defense. His recovery rate and energy when he withdrew to assist Zanusi in the defense is an added advantage to his abilities. 6/10 Samuel Chukwueze (RW) : The Villarreal wide attacker had a lively game as his pace and direct running posed problems for the Tunisian backline until he was subbed off in the 75th minute. 7/10 Ahmed Musa: The Super Eagles forward made a smart assist that resulted in Nigeria's lone goal and he fast pace movement resulted in the penalty eventually lost by Nigeria striker, Iheanacho. 6/10 Chidera Ejuke: Showed some sparkling moments after replacing Samuel Chukwueze with 12 minutes to go. His clever dribble past Tunisia defenders would have been crowned with many replays if his last touch on the was as brilliant as the dribble. 6/10 Cyriel Dessers: Made his debut for Nigeria on Tuesday and was almost on the score sheet but his effort was inches away from goal post. 6/10