{"id":2930,"date":"2019-01-20T17:02:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T17:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=2930"},"modified":"2019-01-20T17:02:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T17:02:10","slug":"nigeria-4-romania-1-brighton-hove-star-umotong-chikwelu-ihezuo-onome-strike-for-african-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigeria-4-romania-1-brighton-hove-star-umotong-chikwelu-ihezuo-onome-strike-for-african-champs","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria 4 Romania 1 : Brighton &amp; Hove Star Umotong, Chikwelu, Ihezuo, Onome Strike For African Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>African champions Nigeria returned to winning ways after beating Romania 4-1 at the four-nation invitational tournament in China on Sunday morning.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The World Cup bound team handled by\u00a0Thomas Dennerby were thrashed 3-0 by China in their first game this calendar year prior to today&#8217;s convincing win against Romania, their first victory over European opposition in twenty years.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Super Falcons were the better side but found it difficult to break Romania&#8217;s defensive block until a minute before half-time when Chiwendu Ihezuo opened the scoring.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nine minutes after the break, the Europeans restored parity before defender Onome Ebi got on the scoresheet to make it 2-1 after 63 minutes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On 68 minutes, Swedish-based midfielder Rita Chikwelu struck to put the game out of Romania&#8217;s reach.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Romania&#8217;s bad dream turned into a nightmare seven minutes from time when Brighton &amp; Hove striker Ini Umotong scored to complete the 4-1 scoreline.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nigeria Starting XI : Nnadozie, Michael, Ohale, Ebi, Ogebe, Ajibade, Chikwelu, Ayinde, Ordega, Ihezuo, Imo<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Substitutes : Oluehi, Ohiaerieku, Okoronkwo, Umotong, Emenayo, Okobi, Ogbonna, Chukwunonye, Uchendu<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>African champions Nigeria returned to winning ways after beating Romania 4-1 at the four-nation invitational tournament in China on Sunday morning. 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