Eagles land in America

The Super Eagles last night arrived Philadelphia, Florida in the United States for their next phase of camping and international friendly matches as part of their build up for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
The 30-man squad of Coach Stephen Keshi all left London after the 2-2 draw against Scotland at Fulham’s Craven Cottage.
An own goal from Nigeria defender, Azubuike Egwuekwe looked set to split the team and extend Scotland’s record to five wins in six after an encouraging display, but substitute, Uche Nwofor showed good composure as the clock ticked over into stoppage time to sneak the ball past Allan McGregor at the near post and earn the Super Eagles a scarcely deserved share of the spoils.
It resulted from lapses in concentration from the stumbling Gordon Greer and Grant Hanley, who had an eventful evening.
A flash of brilliant improvisation from Charlie Mulgrew had given Strachan’s men a ninth-minute lead, only for Michael Uchebo to equalise for Nigeria shortly before half-time.
Stephen Keshi fielded a second string side as he made final deliberations of his 23 to take to Brazil and few of his fringe players put forward a convincing argument in a disjointed performance.
Instead, the plaudits went to Scotland, who will enter an awkward-looking Euro 2016 qualification group containing Germany, Ireland and Poland in fairly good shape.
They took the lead when James Morrison’s low 20-yard shot was drilled directly to the boot of Mulgrew who casually angled his boot to loop the ball over goalkeeper Austin Ejide, who was woefully out of position.
Nigeria were unable to create meaningful chances for long periods of the first half but levelled on 41 minutes with a huge stroke of luck. Uchebo’s driving run at the heart of the Scottish defence resulted in a shot that deflected off Hanley and wrong-footed McGregor.
Scotland’s bad luck extended to disallowed goal in either half but fortune smiled when Egwuekwe turned the ball into his own net under pressure from Morrison after Alan Hutton had bombed down the right and crossed.
Despite the late equaliser, there are many worrying aspects for Keshi address before Nigeria enter a World Cup group with Argentina, Iran and Bosnia from which they are expected to advance
Nigeria’s next friendly game against Greece, holds on Tuesday after Coach Keshi would have named his final list of 23 players to beat the June 2, FIFA deadline for the release of the final list of players who will take part in Mundial 2014.