The Super Eagles of Nigeria were on Tuesday beaten 2-0 by the Serbia national team in an international friendly played at the Hive Stadium in London.
After recording a slim lone goal win over Poland in their last outing, the expectations were quite high that the Eagles could follow up with another win over Serbia.
However, the Serbians shook off their defeat against Morocco to beat Nigeria quite convincingly on Tuesday in London.
After being denied what looked like a good goal in the first half, the Serbians who are also nicknamed the Eagles came smoking in the second half where Aleksandar Mitrović was the hero as he hit the brace that ensured Serbia beat Nigeria 2-0.
In another game, Argentina was crushed 6-1 in a friendly game against Spain in Madrid on Tuesday.
Isco struck his first international hat-trick as Spain extended their unbeaten run to 18 matches under coach Julen Lopetegui.
Spain had settled for a 1-1 draw against Germany in their last outing but Argentina – without Lionel Messi due to injury – fared far worse than the reigning world champions.
Diego Costa put Spain in front before Isco doubled the lead minutes afterward. Although Nicolas Otamendi headed one back for Argentina before the break, it was nothing but a mere consolation.
Isco added two more goals in the second half while Thiago Alcantara and substitute Iago Aspas added a goal each to ensure the comprehensive beating of Argentina who were without their talisman, Lionel Messi.
Elsewhere, World Cup host Russia were beaten 3-1 by France. It is back to back defeat for them having also lost last time out to Brazil.
Meanwhile, Italy held England to a 1-1 draw.
There were mixed results for World-Cup bound African teams as Tunisia and Morocco secured wins over Costa Rica and Uzbekistan respectively.
Egypt were however beaten 1-0 by Greece while Senegal played an uninspiring barren draw against Bosnia Herzegovina.
Full results of international friendly games
At Madrid
Spain 6 (Costa 12, Isco 27, 52, 75, Alcantara 55, Aspas 74) Argentina 1 (Otamendi 39)
At Berlin
Germany 0 Brazil 1 (Jesus 37)
At Brussels
Belgium 4 (Lukaku 13, 39, Batshuayi 77, De Bruyne 78) Saudi Arabia 0
At London
England 1 (Vardy 26) Italy 1 (Insigne 87-pen)
At St Petersburg, Russia
Russia 1 (Smolov 68) France 3 (Mbappe 40, 83, Pogba 49)
At London
Australia 0 Colombia 0
At London
Nigeria 0 Serbia 2 (Mitrovic 68, 81)
At Casablanca, Morocco
Morocco 2 (El Kaabi 4, Da Costa 43) Uzbekistan 0
At Chorzow, Poland
Poland 3 (Lewandowski 32, Grosicki 45, Zielinski 90+2) South Korea 2 (Lee Chang-min 86, Hwang Hee-Chan 87)
At Lucerne, Switzerland
Switzerland 6 (Dzemaili 22, Xhaka 31-pen, Embolo 33, Zuber 39, Drmic 49, Frei 68) Panama 0
At Craiova, Romania
Romania 1 (Rotariu 57) Sweden 0
At Zurich, Switzerland
Egypt 0 Greece 1 (Karelis 29)
At Nice, France
Tunisia 1 (Khazri 36) Costa Rica 0
At Le Havre, France
Senegal 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
At Graz, Austria
Iran 2 (Azmoun 11, Taremi 19) Algeria 1 (Chafai 56)
At Liege, Belgium
Japan 1 (Makino 41) Ukraine 2 (Ueda 21-og, Karavaev 69)
At Ljubljana
Slovenia 0 Belarus 2 (Skavysh 36, Saroka 90+4)
At Luxembourg
Luxembourg 0 Austria 4 (Arnautovic 4, Grillitsch 39, Gregoritsch 59, Schaub 84)
At Franconville, France
Kosovo 2 (Muriqi 74, 90) Burkina Faso 0
At Marrakech, Morocco
Central African Republic 3 (Kethevoama 11, Dagoulou 63, Momi 73-pen) Kenya 2 (Johanna 15, Olunga 90)
At Beauvais, France
Ivory Coast 2 (Assale 20, Pepe 44) Moldova 1 (Ionita 59)
At Budapest
Hungary 0 Scotland 1 (Phillips 48)
At Aalborg, Denmark
Denmark 0 Chile 0
At Podgorica
Montenegro 2 (Ivanic 45, Mugosa 87) Turkey 2 (Under 11, Yokuslu 23)
At Yerevan
Armenia 0 Lithuania 1 (Verbickas 45)
At Tbilisi
Georgia 2 (Tabidze 6, Qazaishvili 35) Estonia 0
At Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia 0 Mauritius 2 (Justin 5, Augustin 34)
At Windhoek
Namibia 2 (Ngaruka 64, Shilongo 80) Lesotho 1 (Sera 44)
At Victoria
Seychelles 0 Swaziland 0
At Dar es Salaam
Tanzania 2 (Samatta 74, Kichuya 86) Democratic Republic of Congo 0
At Kampala
Uganda 0 Malawi 0
Credits:
Scores obtained from AFP, additional reports by PremiumTimes
