Chijioke Gabriel
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles are set to fight for a place in the quarter-finals at the 2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations when they take on Morocco on Sunday (today).The Group B encounter will hold at the June 30 Air Defence Stadium, Cairo.The Flying Eagles started their campaign on a winning note, edging past Tunisia 1-0 on Thursday.
Akwa United midfielder Auwal Ibrahim scored the decisive goal seven minutes before the break.Morocco rallied to beat Kenya 3-2 in their opening fixture.The two countries last met in the semi-finals of the 2005 tournament, playing to a thrilling 2-2 draw before Nigeria triumphed 5-3 in a penalty shootout.
Nigeria will be playing their 99th match at the U-20 AFCON and are seeking their 57th win.The Flying Eagles are unbeaten in their last four second group games, with their last defeat coming in 2011 – a 1-0 loss to Cameroon.
Morocco are also unbeaten in their last seven group-stage matches at the finals.Tonight’s encounter will kick-off at 7pm Nigeria time.