Jay Jay Okocha frowns at Enyeama’s positioning

Former Super Eagles midfielder Austine Okocha says Vincent Enyeama’s poor positioning led to Messi’s brilliant curling free-kick that caught him napping for Argentina’s second goal.

Okocha, who was a guest in SuperSports World Cup studio for the match between Nigeria and Argentina believed Enyeama could have done better if he had positioned himself properly.

The former Bolton and PSG midfield maestro, however, hailed Enyeama for his wonderful saves to deny Lionel Messi and Angel Di Maria from scoring more goals against the Super Eagles.

Despite losing this encounter 3-2 against Argentina, Nigeria is guaranteed of a place in the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup thanks to Bosnia 3-1 win over Iran.

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Full time: NIGERIA 1 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 0

Bosnia and Herzegovina will curse that post and Enyeama's foot until the end of time as Dzeko had one of his best chances of the night in the last minute, receiving the ball off his chest and then pivoting about eight yards from the goal, but he didn’t put enough pace on it and it was snuffed out by Enyeama.

Nigeria have their first World Cup win since 1998 and Bosnia are out of the tournament. In truth they don't really deserve any more from tonight's game.

It was an unspired performance and whatever chances they created were wasted by Edin Dzeko. At the back Emir Spahic looked like he was playing football for the first time and Emmanuel Emenike's dominance of the right flank led to the Nigerian goal. The win was not without controversy, as Edin Dzeko saw a goal incorrectly ruled out for offside.