Sunday, June 7, 2015

Flying Eagles Beat Hungary, To Meet Germany In Round Of 16

Taiwo Awoniyi #18 of Nigeria celebrates scoring the first goal against Hungary
Nigeria's Taiwo Awoniyi celebrates his opening goal against Hungary in the 33rd minute


Nigeria’s U-20 team, Flying Eagles, will face Germany in one of the round of 16 games at the FIFAU-20 World Cup in New Zealand.

This followed the Flying Eagles 2-0 victory over Hungary in their last Group E tie played on Sunday morning, to leapfrog the Magyars into second place on the table.

Taiwo Awoniyi #18 of Nigeria goes around goalkeeper, Gyorgy Szekely of Hungary to score Taiwo Awoniyi of Nigeria goes around goalkeeper, Gyorgy Szekely of Hungary on 54th mins to score the second goal of the game 
The Hungarians still qualify, though, as one of the best third-placed teams and will now kick off the knock-out phase against Group D winners Serbia in Dunedin.
Nonetheless, they were well beaten at New Plymouth's Taranaki Stadium, with Taiwo Awoniyi's brace.
QUOTES

Nigeria Head Coach, Manu Garba looks on
Manu Garba, Nigeria coach
It was a very good match for us. We wanted to score more, but still I'm happy with the 2-0 result. The Hungarians play more from the wings but we were able to control the game and the outcome. Our next game is against Germany but we are ready for any team, because if we want to be champions we have to be ready for of them.









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