The Super Eagles were seconds away from beating Poland in Wednesday’s friendly in Warsaw, only for Przemysław Wiśniewski to score with virtually the final kick of the game and force a 2-2 draw at PGE Narodowy.
Eric Chelle’s side went ahead in the 23rd minute when Terem Moffi provided a right-footed assist. But just before half-time, Kacper Potulski levelled for the White-Reds.
Nigeria made several changes at the break. Philip Otele replaced Sevilla’s Akor Adams, Semi Ajayi came on for Emmanuel Fernandez, Bruno Onyemaechi took over from Zaidu Sanusi, Paul Onuachu replaced goalscorer Moffi, and Calvin Bassey stepped in for Igoh Ogbu.
The three-time African champions pushed forward and regained the lead when Onuachu converted a penalty to make it 2-1.
They looked set to hold on until deep into added time, but Wiśniewski fired home five minutes into stoppage time to split the spoils.
In March 2018, Nigeria had beaten Poland 1-0 in a pre-World Cup friendly, with ex-Chelsea winger Victor Moses scoring the lone goal from the spot after being fouled by a Polish defender.
Following Wednesday’s clash, Nigeria will turn their attention to another friendly against World Cup-bound Portugal on June 10.
Although the Super Eagles are not competing at the 2026 World Cup, they are using these matches to test tactics and new players ahead of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
