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Ahmed Musa, Francis Uzoho make World Cup records after 2-0 win against Island

by Ola Peter
June 23, 2018
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The ‘hot’ strike that gave Super Eagles a 2-0 victory, Ahmed Musa has now become Nigeria’s all-time top scorer in World Cup games with four goals.

And Francis Uzoho, 19-years old,  has also emerged the youngest keeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup match.

Below arre some facts.

  1.  All six of Nigeria’s wins at the World Cup have come against European opposition, and they have kept a clean sheet in five of those six victories.
  2. This was Iceland’s first ever defeat in a group stage match at a major international tournament (Euros and World Cup), having previously drawn three and won one of four such games.
  3. Nigerian attacker Ahmed Musa is now his country’s all-time top scorer in World Cup games with four goals. Only Asamoah Gyan (6 goals for Ghana) and Roger Milla (5 for Cameroon) have scored more for an African nation.
  4. Nigeria’s Francis Uzoho is the second youngest goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup match (19 years, 237 days), behind only Li Chan-Myong in North Korea’s 1-0 win over Italy in July 1966 (19 years, 198 days).

Watch the final goal by Ahmed Musa below.

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