Nigeria’s Super Eagles debutant, Paul Onuachu scored the second fastest goal in the history of international football when he blasted the ball past Egypt’s goalkeeper, Mahmoud Gennesh, less than seven seconds into Tuesday’s international friendly played at the Stephen Keshi Stadium in Asaba, Delta State.

Onuachu’s goal is only second to Lukas Podolski’s strike after six seconds for Germany against Ecuador in 2013. The 1-0 defeat was Javier Aguirre’s first loss since he took over as coach of the Pharaohs of Egypt.

The match was one of the matches lined up to prepare the Super Eagles for the forthcoming African Nations Cup hence both sides played without some of their biggest stars.

While Egypt left out Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Ahmed Hegazi and Elmohamady, Nigeria’s stand-in captain, Ahmed Musa also did not feature in the game as he was said to have returned to Saudi Arabia for a club engagement.

After Onuachu’s wonder strike, the Egyptians tried to get back into the game but they found the Super Eagles’ defence marshaled by the day’s skipper, William Troost-Ekong a hard nut to crack.

Nigeria had the chance to double their advantage in the 30th minute when Alex Iwobi latched on to the ball following Mahmoud Alaa’s defensive error but the Arsenal forward’s strike was weak and easy for Gennesh to save.

However, the Pharaohs came into the second half stronger and determined to get something out of the game but they struggled to create good goal scoring opportunities.

Egypt’s clearest chance of getting the equalizer was thwarted in the 83rd minute by an inspired substitute goalkeeper, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, who pushed Islam Gaber’s shot to the crossbar and got up to save Kouka’s follow up effort.