Super Eagles lived up to expectations Friday in Portugal as the Jose Peseiro tutored side almost ran away with a 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia in an international friendly but eventually settled for a 2-2 draw.
The Saudis now led by Roberto Mancini had shot into the lead in the 60th in a bizarre minute of the match thanks to Salman Al Faraj, after Francis Uzoho diverted an aimless free kick into his net in an attempt to tip it over the net.
The Eagles trailed for 13 minutes till a combination of impressive runs from Moses Simon and Victor Boniface produced an impressive run leading to the equalizer which was however credited to Saudi’s Abdulelah Al Amri as own goal in the 73rd minute.
Meanwhile, the match had to be put on hold to see if there was any infringement that could lead to the cancellation of the goal Satisfied that there was nothing to complain about the center referee Luís Godinho allowed the goal to stand.
Simon was once again involved with the second goal with his layoff for Terem Moffi getting cleared onto the path of Kelechi Iheanacho,who curled home a beauty of an effort from the edge of the box for what he thought was the winner.
It was almost a done deal for the Eagles but 10 minutes of added time saw the Saudis covert a free-kick which take a slight deflection and leave the encounter as no victor no vanquished.
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