Ahmed Musa of the Super Eagles becomes Nigeria’s highest goal scorer at World Cup

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Ahmed Musa set a record by scoring Nigeria’s first goal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Ahmed MusaĀ became the highest goalscorer for theĀ Super EaglesĀ of Nigeria at a FIFA World Cup tournament after his goal against Iceland in theĀ 2018 FIFA World CupĀ on Friday, June 22.

Ahmed Musa scores opener against Iceland

After a goalless first half Musa turned up to open the scoring in the 49th minute when he converted a pass byĀ Victor Moses.

Ahmed Musa was hero as Twitter reacted as the Super Eagles beat Iceland 2-0 in their 2018 FIFA World Cup, group D second fixture on Friday, June 22.
Musa scores a brace against Iceland (Vanguard)

Musa was hailed as the hero by Nigerian’s onĀ TwitterĀ and he set a national record for his brace against Iceland.

Musa Nigeria’s highest goalscorer at the World Cup

By scoring two goals against Iceland, Musa became Nigeria’s highest goalscorer at the FIFA World Cup.
Musa scored two goals at theĀ 2014 FIFA World CupĀ against Argentina, and with his two goals he now has a total of four goals in total at the FIFA World Cup.
He surpassesĀ Daniel Amokachi, Emmanuel Amunike, andĀ Kalu UcheĀ who have two goals each.
The Super Eagles will hope to qualify for the round of 16 when they take on Argentina while Iceland take on Croatia in their next fixture.
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