Hazard breaks Etebo’s World Cup record

Belgian forward Eden Hazard has broken the tournament record of Super Eagles star Oghenekaro Etebo in the encounter against Brazil. Hazard who was instrumental in the 2-1 defeat meted out to tournament favourites, Brazil on Friday beat a statistical record held by the Super Eagles midfielder.

Etebo had set a tournament record of the most dribbles completed in a game in 2018 FIFA World Cup group D encounter between Nigeria and Croatia, according to the stats compiled by Opta.

Even though the Super Eagles lost the game 2-1 to Croatia, Etebo set a record as he completed nine dribbles from nine attempts in the encounter.