India 2022: Flamingos, Colombia clash for last area – Punch Newspapers

Flamingos gamers commemorate after their success versus USA Olympic Eagles coach, Salisu Yusuf, is positive his group will beat Tanzania in the 2nd leg of their second-round certifying match for the 2023 U-23 AFCON in Dar es Salam, Sunday PUNCH reports. The Olympic Eagles were held to a 1-1 draw away at Dar es Salam throughout the very first leg of the tie by the Tanzanians in a video game where both sides required charges to get on the scoresheet. Captain Success Makanjuola netted for Nigeria in the 29 th minute, after Qudus Akanni was fouled in the hosts’ essential location, and the 1996 champs afterwards produced a variety of opportunities that with a bit more accuracy, would have put the match to bed by half time. The house group overdid the pressure in the 2nd duration at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium, and struck the crossbar on 2 celebrations prior to Djiboutian referee, Souleiman Ahmed Djama granted them a charge that was remarkably transformed in the 74 th minute. The Olympic Eagles battled tenaciously to make a winner, with their minds on the $20,000 promise for triumph by the Chairman of NFF’s job force for youth competitors, Alhaji Aminu Balele Kurfi, however it was not to be. Coach Yusuf confessed the young boys might have won the away component however has actually now charged them to win in the house in Nigeria. “It was a difficult video game. We might have won the video game however we didn’t take some tidy opportunities. The strategy now is to win the next video game and carry on to the next difficulty,” he informed NFF TELEVISION. Yusuf discussed his group’s enhancing efficiencies and swore that they’ll do much better on the return leg in Ibadan. “They have actually enhanced of late, they are enhancing as a group, so we will work to play much better in Nigeria.” 20- year-old David Promise shares his coach’s self-confidence heading into the 2nd leg. “We’re going to get ready for the 2nd leg and ensure we win. I am incredibly positive, we can’t pay for anything else however a win, we have actually put in method excessive work so we are going to do our finest to win the video game.” The Olympic Blues will go back to Nigeria on Sunday (today) taking alleviation from the draw and the away objective benefit. They will be identified to round off the job when they host the Tanzanians at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan on October29 The winner on aggregate will continue to the next round of the competitors. The Africa U23 Cup of Nations to be kept in Morocco in November 2023 will identify Africa’s flag bearers at the Men’s Football Tournament of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
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