Portuguese national team without Cristiano Ronaldo Thursday night thumped the Super Eagles of Nigeria 4-0 in a pre-world cup friendly played in Lisbon.
The match is a boost for Portugal who will open their World Cup account on November 24 with a game against Ghana.
A brace from Bruno Hernanddez in the first half and two more from Gonçalo Ramos and João Mário tightened the screws on the Eagles coach by Jose Peseiro. The Portuguese dominated the game with short passes and asking questions, which the Super Eagles defence of William Troost Ekong, Kevin Akpoguma, Calvin Bassey and Bright Samuel-Osayi couldn’t provide answers.
Alex Iwobi, Wilfred Ndidi, Ademola Lookman and Simon Moses hardly made an impact in the middle, while Joe Aribo playing just behind Tarem Moffi failed to get the service they wanted to trouble Portugal keeper Rui Patricio.
Paul Onuachu later replaced Moffi, Samuel Chukwueze came in for Lookman, while Emmanuel Dennis was on for Simon Moses. Dennis missed a penalty that was won by Samuel-Osayi who had handled the ball in the first half to give Fernandez his second goal.
The Super Eagles have now lost three straight games and six friendly defeats in a row.
