Saturday, 1 June 2013

Mexico 2-2 Nigeria: 10-man Mexico draw Super Eagles with Chicharitos brace

Mexico 2-2 Nigeria: Super Eagles draw 10-man Mexico

Mexico and Nigeria continued their winless run against each other after they played out a 2-2 draw in Houston, USA.

The Man Utd striker Javier Hernandez gave Mexico the lead in the 21st minutes, but 5 minutes later, Pablo Barrera commited a heavy foul inside the penalty area and was shown a direct red card with a penalty also awarded to Nigeria.

Ideye Brown scored from the spot-kick to equalize the game. 5 minutes before half time, John Ogu scored for Nigeria to take the lead to 2-1 against 10-man Mexico.

Javier Hernandez Chicharito proves to be a world-class striker when his 70th minutes goal took the final score to 2-2.

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