On June 5th 2011, the Ethiopian National Team hosted the Nigerian Super Eagles at Addis Ababa stadium. The match was a qualifier for the 2012 African Cup Of Nations. In the first match in Nigeria, the Super Eagles soundly defeated the Walyas by 4 goals to nil. Ethiopia fired it.s coach afterwards and hired Belgian Tom Sainfiet as manager. Top striker Salahdin Said was also reinstate from his suspension from Ethiopian football for attacking a referee. Although the fans of Ethiopia had virtually no hopes of any kind of upset against a stronger Nigerian side, the Walyas were a much stronger side than the team that was defeated in Abuja. Ethiopian Squad: Yidnekatchew Kidane, Alula Girma, Degu Debebe, Abebaw Butako, Aynalem Hailu, Asrat Megersa, Tesfaye Alebachew, Minyahel Teshome, Omod Okori, Adane Girma, Salahdin Said. Nigeria: Victor Enyeama,Okonkwo, Taye Taiwo, Joseph Yobo, Ambrose Efe, Joel Obi, Mikel Obi, Ahmed Musa, Obinna Nsofor, Ike Uche, Peter Utaka. Nigeria's star stud! ded squad of Chelsea, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Everton and Villareal players had defeated none other than Argentina by 4 goals to 1 a few days prior. They were expected to destroy Ethiopia. But that is not what happened. Nigeria were lucky not to lose. Addis Ababa stadium was packed end to end not to witness an Ethiopian victory but mostly to get a glimpse of world class Nigerian football stars. Ike Uche made it 1-0 in the 27th minute and celebrated in a virtually silent Addis Ababa stadium. But with 2
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