Half-Time Report Nigeria 0 Serbia 0: Uzoho Busy,Victor Moses Showing Quality

In an entertaining first half at the Hive Stadium, Nigeria and Serbia have played out a 0-0 draw in an international friendly match on Tuesday night.

Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr made four changes to the side that pipped Poland 1-0 in Wroclaw.

The 64-year-old handed starting shirts to Ogenyi Onazi, Ahmed Musa and Chidozie Awaziem.

The Serbs easily moved the ball around in the opening 8 minutes and forced the Super Eagles to chase the ball.

Mitrovic forced Francis Uzoho to a save in the 9th minute after he nutmegged Onazi at the edge of the box.

The Eagles then upped the ante and attacked with precision.

CSKA Moscow star, Musa, who played as a centre forward then ran at the Serbian defence before being crowded out.

Victor Moses showed quality with a great shot which was palmed away by Stojkovic while Onazi tried his luck from long range.

Serbia were undaunted. They launched two forays which was well cleared by Brian Idowu and Alex Iwobi.

Former Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic thought his header had gone over the line but Uzoho stopped the ball. Replays showed the ball had crossed the line.

The dangerous crosses floated by the Serbs to the Eagles box caused the duo of William Troost Ekong and Awaziem all sorts of problems.

Serbia bombarded the Eagles and were almost rewarded for their efforts in the 25th minute. A low shot from Tadic was superbly saved by Uzoho at the near post.

Three minutes later, the dashing Moses found the productive run of Iwobi and set him up. The Arsenal man flashed his effort wide off the goal.

In the 35th minute, a rampaging Moses skied his shot when he should havepunished the European side after a mix up at the edge of the area.

A well worked team move released Tadic at the left hand side. The forward couldn't apply the finishing touch with Uzoho in wonderland.

Nigeria XI: Uzoho, Idowu, Ebuehi, Ekong, Awaziem, Ndidi, Obi, Onazi, Musa,Moses, Iwobi

Serbia XI: Stojkovic, Rukavina, Ivanovic, Nastasic, Kolarov, Matic,Milivojevic, Tadic, Kostic, Ljajic, Mitrovic

Abayomi Ademetan