AFCON U-20: Nigeria beat Egypt in pre-tournament friendly
- Adamu Muftawu
- 17 hours ago
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Photo Credit - Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
Nigeria’s U20 boys, got their preparations off to a great start on Tuesday after defeating Egypt 2-1 in a friendly at the Cairo International Stadium.
The Flying Eagles victory over the Young Pharoes boosts their confidence ahead of the commencement of the Africa U-20 tournament in Egypt in four days.
Kparobo Arierhi, who scored three goals to Nigeria defend the WAFU ZONE B U20 Championship title in Lome in October (including a brace in the final that dashed Ghana’s hopes), scored Nigeria’s first in the 10th minute of the encounter after a good pass from Bidemi Amole.
The Young Pharaohs pulled one back in the 65th minute through Ahmed Kaabaka, but a dominant Nigeria side shot into the lead again with seven minutes left on the clock after Precious Benjamin made no mistake from the spot, following a foul on Divine Oliseh in the hosts’ eighteen-yard box.
Nigeria achieved the morale-boosting victory less than 48 hours after arriving in the Egyptian capital for the 17th Africa U20 Cup of Nations, which gets underway on Sunday, April 27.
The Flying Eagles’ first match is against Tunisia on Thursday next week, before further games against Morocco and Kenya in Group B. On their part, hosts Egypt, who head Group A, will take on South Africa on Sunday, before further games against Sierra Leone on 30th April, Zambia on 3rd May and Tanzania on 9th May.
