Ameobi scores as Nigeria spank Burkina Faso 4-1

Ameobi scores as Nigeria spank Burkina Faso 4-1
* As Okwuosa gets first cap

NEWCASTLE of England player, Shola Ameobi scored for the first time for Nigeria as the Super Eagles on Tuesday hammered the Stallions of Burkina Faso 4-1 in a friendly played at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna.
James Okwuosa was the only player who got his first cap in Nigeria's line up and the Chippa United of South Africa defender played all through 90 minutes.
Brown Ideye opened the scoring in the 13th minute while the Dynamo Kiev striker who was benched in the last World Cup qualifier in Calabar last weekend doubled the lead in the 43rd minute.
Ameobi's dream to score for Nigeria was eventually realised as he scored the third goal in the third minute.
The former England junior international striker first played for the Super Eagles last December in a 3-1 win over Venezuela in a friendly in Miami, Florida while he had his official debut after he switched nationality to Nigeria last weekend in Calabar when he came on to replace Emmanuel Emenike in the 81st minute in the 2-0 win over the Flames of Malawi.
He was later replaced in the game (against Burkina Faso) by SC Heerenven of Holland forward
Uche Nwofor.
Substitute Emmanuel Emenike who missed the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) final against Burkina Faso made it 4-0 in the 63rd minute before the Stallions got a consolatory goal off a cross through Sinkore Seidu.
The reigning Africa's goal king (Emenike) came on to replace Obinna Nsofor in the match.
Other Eagles substitutes in the match were Brescia of Italy forward, Nnamdi Oduamadi who cameon to replace Ideye as Nosa Igiebor was replaced by Sunday Mba while the duo of Elderson Echiejile and Efe Ambrose were replaced by Benjamin Francis and Solomon Kwambe.
Only stand-in captain and goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama and Godfrey Oboabona glued to the bench till
final whistle.
Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi who was elated at the demolition of the Stallions who however played without some their regular players in  Alain Traore, Aristide Bance and Jonathan Pitroipa said his team has improved in the area of marksmanship.
We were quarrelling

in the dressing room in the last game against Malawi for scoring only two out of the myriad of scoring chances we created but today, we have four goals to show, it is an improvement," said the former coach of Mali in a post-match conference.

Caption: Shola Ameobi during his debut game against Venezuela in Miami, USA in December 2012.