Nigeria beat France at the first attempt
NIGERIA made their first match against France an occasion to remember when they beat the former world and European champions 1-0 in a friendly in Saint Etienne last night.
The visitors struck on 32 minutes, Joseph Akpala following up after an effort by fellow striker Ikechukwu Uche had bounced off the post.
Elsewhere, Germany striker Mario Gomez scored four goals to lift his side to a crushing 7-2 win over United Arab Emirates in a friendly in Dubai.
Gomez, who recently joined Bayern Munich in a Bundesliga record 30 million move, struck after 35, 45, 47 and 90 minutes to inspire the visitors. Heiko Westermann put the Germans, who included Celtic's Andreas Hinkel in their starting-line-up, ahead on 29 minutes and Piotr Trochowski and a Faris Juma own goal completed the rout.
Ismail Salem and Nawaf Mubarak grabbed second-half consolations for the hosts.
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