Nigeria’s U20 team, Flying Eagles, have defeated their Egyptian counterparts,, 2-1 in a Africa U20 Cup of Nations warm-up encounter at the Cairo International Stadium.
Kparobo Arierhi, who fired in three goals as the Flying Eagles a defended their WAFU B U20 Championship title in Lome in October, netteed Nigeria’s first goal in the 10th minute of the fixture after a fine delivery from Bidemi Amole.
Egypt equalized in the 65th minute through Ahmed Kaabaka, but Nigeria went 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.
Seven-time African champions Nigeria recirded the morale-boosting win less than 48 hours after arriving in the Egyptian capital for the 17th Africa U20 Cup of Nations, which gets underway on Sunday.
The Flying Eagles’ first game is against Tunisia on Thursday next week, before further games against Morocco and Kenya in Group B.
Hosts Egypt, who are in Group A, will tackle South Africa on Sunday, before games against Sierra Leone on 30th April, Zambia on 3rd May and Tanzania on 9th May.
