The positive thing is to walk away with the lesson. We now know that defense is a sham and the mid field need more fire in the belly. 9ja was a reality check coz saturday the soccer gods were just on our side!

Everybody on this thread is talking about our defence. It must be realised that if the midfield is poor, then the defence will always get exposed. Thats why whenever a midfield player concedes possession, its always mandatory to track back and ease pressure on the defence.

Its every soccer coach's nightmare to have a situation where three strikers are attacking his three defenders.

There is a reason why good coaches will always have defensive midfielders whose duty is to assist the defenders. One of the nigerians' goals came straight from a kenyan corner kick at the other end of the pitch. That speaks volumes about team tactics..

Tactics were missing and our mid field didn't hold but close analysis at some point after the introduction of Collins okoth the team tried and came back but their was just no stopping the Nigerians.
One thing we must all agree is that our national team does not do well minus the fans supporting them.
For me it was a plus to have played the friendly and lost because lessons were learnt and hope they rectify on that before the next qualifier against Angola.

@reddevil..........Looks like we watched the same match.

This should not be a suprise because Kenya do not have football talents just like Nigeria that do not have athletic (especially long distance) talents.

In addition the game was an away match, that is played in Nigerian soil, so what miracle did you guys expect from kenyans ? Factor that it is hotter here Nigeria than Kenya . At kick off by 4pm Nigerian time (6 pm Kenyan time) the temperature was 35 degrees centigrade, that is a very hot weather for a Kenyan !!!

I did not watch the match because I knew it will be an emphatic win against Kenya.

From Nigeria point of view we were rather disappointed because we were expecting at least a 5-0 win. For me the Kenyan lads tried their best.