Oduamadi's memorable hat-trick helped Nigeria flood Tahiti with a flood of goals. In fact, the match could have beaten the opposition by more margins but they did not turn into goals due to lack of proper finishing. According to the Nigerian coach, the goal difference could be 10-1! Nigeria left the field with full 3 points in their first match in the Confederation Cup held in Brazil.
Nigeria started playing with 4-3-3 formation against Tahiti's 5-4-1 formation. Only in the fifth minute of the game, defender Echijili entered the Tahiti border with the ball, fooled the opponent and sent the ball straight through the goalpost after a little confusion. Nigeria scored the first goal of the match. Still did not understand what is going to happen at the end of the match!
After scoring in five minutes, Nigeria scored again after 10 minutes! The audience must have been shaking in the hope of getting a flood, they did not have to be disappointed! From midfield, striker Ahmed Musa delivered a great cross to defender Oduamadi, Oduamadi took the ball and made a few tackles to catch Tahiti goalkeeper Samin off guard. 2-0 lead Nigeria!
Oduamadi scored again in the 26th minute with a solo skill. Striker Musa's shot across the face of the goal bounced off goalkeeper Samin and returned to the feet of Oduamadi, who quickly scored to put the team 3-0 up.
In the 43rd minute, Tahitian striker Vahirua made a strong attempt to attack from a corner, but the ball went out of bounds. Nigeria had another chance to score in the 45th minute but striker Ujah failed to head the ball from the corner.
Tahiti tries to bounce back after the break. In the 54th minute, the midfielder Jonathan Tehau took possession of Vahirua's ball from the corner. Drishinandan sent Tahiti into a frenzy with a back-footed goal. But that joy fades in the 68th minute of Tehau's suicide goal! He deflected the ball from the opposite direction and wrapped it into his own net, giving Nigeria a 4-1 lead.
In the 76th minute, Oduamadike passed the ball from offside to striker Lede, the Tahiti goalkeeper failed to stop a powerful shot from there. Oduamadi scored a hat-trick as Nigeria sealed a 5-1 victory.
However, Golbanya's starting defender Echizili took the ball from Musa's pass in the 80th minute and fired straight at Tahiti's goal post from just 8 yards out in front of the D-box to give Nigeria a remarkable 6-1 victory.
Team coach Eddie Etete could not mourn such a shameful defeat of Tahiti. He almost cried at the press conference! He said, “Almost all Tahitians watched the game hoping to see some good performances, even our president messaged us that he canceled his important meeting to watch the game. We should have given a better game."
With 3 goals in the match, Oduamadi is the highest scorer in the tournament so far. Nigeria, the famous super eagle, is joint top with Spain in Group B after getting 3 points.
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