Musa power freezes Iceland
Volgograd, June 22: Leicester City’s Ahmed Musa scored a brace to give Nigeria a 2- 0 win over Iceland here on Friday.
Nigeria are now second on Group D with three points from two matches while Iceland have one from two games. Group toppers Croatia have already qualified with six points after two matches.
Argentina have one point from two matches.
Picking up the ball on the left hand side of the Iceland penalty area in the 75th minute, Musa outran his defender, mazed his way past goalkeeper Hannes Halldorsson and picked his spot in the Iceland goal.
That came moments after he hit the crossbar with another shot and less than half an hour after he put Nigeria in front with his first strike.
Musa was brought into the starting line- up by coach Gernot Rohr in order to inject pace into Nigeria’s attack.
Iceland missed a chance to pull one back in the 82nd when Gylfi Sigurdsson sent a penalty kick soaring over the bar.
The spot kick was awarded after a video- reviewed foul on Tyronne Ebuehi for clumsily bringing down Alfred Finnbogason in the area.