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Musa The Eagle's Hero Against Iceland set Two New records  A second half brace from Ahmed Musa reignited the Super Eagles’ campaign following their opening day loss to Croatia. Musa’s goals made him the first Nigerian to score at two FIFA World Cups after scoring a brace against Argentina in a 3-2 loss at the 2014 World Cup. The Leicester City star is now Nigeria’s World Cup top scorer with four goals in the competition. The first half was all Iceland as they created most of the scoring chances, going close on six occasions while the Super Eagles held more of the possession edging it 60 per cent to Iceland’s 40 without any shot on or off target. The Super Eagles became the first team to not have a single shot in the first half of a World Cup game since South Korea versus Algeria in 2014. It was a different Super Eagles that emerged for the second half as they pressed Iceland back and were rewarded with Musa’s goals. Iceland almost pulled themselves back into...