Nigeria 1 Paraguay 1

A late penalty from Jay Jay Okocha gave Nigeria a 1-1 draw in a London friendly with Paraguay.

The draw at QPR's Loftus Road ground was new Nigeria coach Adeboye Onigbinde's first in charge and Nigeria recovered from a very slow star to draw level late on.

Roque Santa Cruz had already hit the crossbar for Paraguay with a rising drive early on before Cesare Maldini's South American side took the lead in the 19th minute.

A lofted corner from Francisco Arce saw Carlos Gamarra head past goalkeeper Austin Ejide.

Juventus transfer target Batholomew Ogbeche produced a good save from goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert and Efetobore Sodje saw a header drift wide.

Arce encouraged Nigeria to attack by almost hitting his own net with a slashing clearance spectacularly mishit.

In the 82nd minute the beakthrough came for the well-supported Africans when a handball decision produced a penalty kick was converted by Okocha.

His PSG team mate Ogbeche then forced the best save of the night with a jumping volley turned away by Paraguay's substitute goalkeeper Ricardo Tavarelli.