Golden Eaglets beat Egypt 4-2, leave Cairo for Calabar

By Unknown

Monday, 7 July 2014

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The Golden Eaglets on Monday departed Cairo for Abuja after beating their Egyptian counterparts 4-2 on Sunday and are expected to return to the Calabar camp on Tuesday to prepare for the first leg, second round CAF Under-17 Championship.


A statement by the team’s Media Officer, Morankinyo Abodunrin, on Monday stated that the CAF U-17 fixture against Democratic Republic of Congo is billed for July 20 in Congo Democratic Republic.


The statement stated that the match kicked off at 10.15pm local time (9.15pm Nigerian time).

In the 13th minute, Osimhen put the Golden Eaglets in the lead when he kicked into the net an inch-perfect cross from Samuel Chukwueze.

Osimhen followed it with another goal three minutes later when he headed straight into the net a pullout from Kingsley Michael.

Egypt pulled a goal back within a minute to spare of the first half when Walid Attya latched onto the end of a triangular pass orchestrated by Hamdy and Hosam Adel before dispatching the ball behind Eaglets’ goalkeeper Akpan Udoh.

It was the Egyptians who were back in the hunt at the restart when Karim Yehia got a pass from Ahmed Hamdy before burying the ball behind Udoh in the 52th minute.

The Eaglets responded with some good positional play after the setback and Chukwueze added his name to the score sheet in the 58th minute when he drove a volley into the net off a pass from tireless Usman Abass.

Michael scored another goal in the 70th minute after goalkeeper Mamoud Gad fumbled with a long range shot from Osimhen who undoubtedly was the man of the match.

It was a game both teams used to test their fringe players towards the end, but the match had already been won and lost as the Golden Eaglets got huge praise from the excited spectators.