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Bronze winning Flying Eagles returns to Nigeria

Posted : 13 April 2023
The bronze winning Flying Eagles of Nigeria at the just-concluded U-20 African Cup of Nations in Cairo on Monday evening returned to Nigeria.

Africa Sport Network (ASN) reports that the third place winning contingent touched down at the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport, Abuja aboard a commercial flight on Monday.

One of the midfielders, Solomon Anya said that the team was happy to have clinched a World Cup ticket for the country during the competition.

“I am happy that we qualify for the World Cup.

“We played our best to win the tournament, but that is football because our best is not enough,'' he said.

ASN reports that the Flying Eagles was in Group A of the tournament alongside, the eventual winners, Senegal, Mozambique and host Egypt.

The Flying Eagles lost its first match against Senegal 0-1, but pipped host Egypt 1-0 at the second game. 

The Ladan Bosso-Tutored team then beat Mozambique 2-0 to qualify for the quater-final against Uganda whom they beat 1-0, but thereafter clipped 0-1 by Gambia in the semi-finals of the competition.

The team came to redemption in the third place match when they walloped Tunisia 4-0.

Aside winning the third place match, the Flying Eagles also bagged the Fair Play award at the competition by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

The team was adjudged the most disciplined team in the competition and rewarded for their good sportsmanship.

The Skipper Daniel Bamaiyi received the award on behalf of the team at the closing ceremony on Saturday night.

Flying Eagles defenders, Augustine Njoku and Solomon Agbalaka made the CAF Best XI of the 2023 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Nigeria finished the tournament as the third best team after defeating Tunisia 4-0 in the 3rd place playoff on Friday while Senegal on Saturday emerged winner after defeating The Gambia 2-0 in the final. 

The Flying Eagles now have a date at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia in May.

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