Hosts Morocco forced their Nigeria U20 counterparts to a 1-1 draw in a second friendly played in Casablanca on Friday.
The first match between the two teams on
Wednesday also finished in a 2-2 draw.
“Overall, I will score the team above average after the two matches. We would have to improve on our finishing,” said Flying Eagles coach Manu Garba after Friday’s game, which was aimed at preparing both teams for next month’s 2015 African Youth Championship qualifiers.
“Morocco’s equaliser was also a soft goal. We cannot afford to let in such goals.”
The Flying Eagles started brightly with Alhassan Ibrahim aka ‘Mu-azam’ firing at the Junior Atlas Lions goal after just four minutes.
The gangling forward open scoring in the 22nd minute when he cashed in on confusion between the goalkeeper and his skipper to go clear and slot home.
It was his third goal in two matches as he also scored his team’s two goals on Wednesday.
Striker Khaba Hamza restored parity for the home team on the half hour mark when he went past a napping Junior Eagles defence to shoot past goalkeeper Adamu Abubakar.
The second half was characterised by several biased calls by the Moroccan referee, but to their credit the Flying Eagles did not lose their cool as they continued to search for the winning goal.
On the hour, the Flying Eagles failed to connect a dangerous cross from the right, before Mu-azam saw his shot from outside the box miss by whiskers in the 75th minute.
Morocco could have snatched a winner six minutes from time against the run of play, but scorer Hamza fired well off target from inside the box with goalkeeper Adamu at his mercy.
Flying Eagles vs Morocco U20
Adamu Abubakar – Mustapha Abdullahi, Izu Omego (Ifeanyi Nweke 46), Wilfred Ndidi (Capt), Zaharadeen Bello – Akinjide Idowu, Ifeanyi Matthew, Abdullahi Alfa (Mathias Samuel 46), Musa Yahaya (Bernard Bulbwa 58) – Taiwo Awoniyi (Abubakar Lawal 61), Alhassan Ibrahim Mu-azam (Sulaiman Abdullahi 86)
Bookings: Izu Omego 29; Mathias Samuel 85
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