Nigeria, yesterday opened her account of the 2025 CAF U20 men Championship, with the Flying Eagles beating the Junior Carthage Eagles of Tunisia by a lone goal at the CAF U20 Group B opener before a capacity crowd at the 30 June Stadium, Cairo Egypt.
Akwa Ibom FC mid fielder, Auwal Ibrahim registered the lone goal in the 38th minute when he received a thorough pass from Odinaka Okoro.
Thoughthe Flying Eagles played expectation, as statistics showw a 10-8 shots at goal to Nigeria; 4-2 on target; 56-49% ball possession showing that Nigeria did not really control the match especially conceding 3-6 corner kicks to Tunisia showing pressure was on the Nigerian defence. Nigeria had 15 foul calls to Tunisia’s 18 meaning Nigeria is equally a rough team that shared 3-3 yellow cards in the game.