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Flying Now! Nigeria Coasts into U20 AFCON Quarter-finals

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Flying Now! Nigeria Coasts into U20 AFCON Quarter-finals

Objectives from 18 year-old Samson Lawal and 19 year-old Ibrahim Mohammad secured all three factors for Nigeria towards Mozambique, of their ultimate group A on the U20 Africa Cup of Nations.

The encounter, one among enormous implications for each groups, held on the Suez Canal Stadium in Ismailia on Saturday, and was Nigeria lived as much as their pre-game favorites tag towards the cussed Mozambique workforce.

Though Ladan Bosso’s workforce had not quiet impressed on the competitors, the 2 first half objectives confirmed a distinct aspect to the Flying Eagles.

Objectives within the thirty third and forty first minutes demoralized Mozambique as they struggled to interrupt down the stable backline of the Eagles which have conceded simply as soon as in Egypt.

In the meantime, within the different group sport Senegal crushed Egypt, beating the hosts 4-0 to finish an ideal run of 3-0 within the first spherical.

Subsequent up is the quarter-finals and Nigeria, who completed in second place (6points) behind Senegal, will await the runner up from Group B, that might both be Uganda or South Sudan.

The fixture is scheduled for March 3, on the Cairo Worldwide Stadium.