Eagles Suffer Defeat To Czech Republic In Last Warm Up Game

mas Kalas scored the only goal of the game, as Nigeria lost their final World Cup warm-up match 1-0 to Czech Republic on Wednesday. 

Nigeria’s World Cup preparations took another hit on Wednesday, as they lost 1-0 to a Czech Republic side which failed to qualify for the finals in Russia.

Gernot Rohr’s men could take some positives away from their 2-1 defeat to England on Saturday, but there were few four days later, as Tomas Kalas’ first-half opener secured a slender victory for the Czechs, who were thrashed 4-0 by Australia on Friday.

Although a downpour briefly interrupted play in the early stages of the second half, Nigeria played with more intent after half-time than they did in the first half and went close in the 63rd minute, as John Obi Mikel saw a header saved by Vaclik.

Despite Nigeria’s efforts and attack-minded approach, a late equaliser never arrived, consigning them to a second successive defeat in their World Cup preparation games.