Brazil held Nigeria 1-1 in a friendly match at the National Stadium, Singapore on Sunday. Joe Aribo made it two goals in two appearances for Super Eagles.
Early substitution for Neymar as he suffered a nasty groin in 11th minutes of play, paving way for Coutinho. His 101 cap for his country ended prematurely.
Enterprising Aribo opened scoring in 35th minutes, Osimhen's long cross from far right pick up Moses Simon inside the Brazilian dangerous area, Aribo benefited from Moses' soft thread and slammed the ball home to give Nigeria the lead going into the break.
Brazil started strong in the second half after Midfielder, Casemiro scored the leveler from a rebound in the 58th minute.
Gabriel Jesus almost made it 2-1 for the Selecao in the 57th minute but his well placed header off Coutinho’s cross was saved by Nigeria Goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho.
Things became worse for Super Eagles, when Francis Uzoho suffered an injury from a bad landing, after contesting in the air against Casemiro and he made way for Maduke Okoye, who made his debut for Nigeria.
Nigeria held off so much pressure from Brazil in the late minutes of the game to end things at 1-1.
This is Brazil’s second friendly this week after they played a 1-1 draw against Senegal at the same Stadium on Thursday. Brazil is 3rd on FIFA ranking while Nigeria is 33rd on the ranking table.
Seyi Akanni
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