Flying Eagles defender, Solomon Agbalaka has said securing a place in the semi-finals at the 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations remains the team’s target.
Agbalaka was named the Man of the Match for the second time in the competition as Nigeria cruised to a comfortable 2-0 victory to secure second place in Group A.
Samson Lawal and Ibrahim Muhammad scored two screamers to give the record champions their second victory of the tournament.
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“I’m happy to be named the Man of the Match for the second time running. It was a good performance and we needed to win and qualify for the quarter-finals of the tournament,” Agbalaka was quoted by CAFonline.
“Our objective is to book a place in the semi-finals which will qualify us to the FIFA U-20 World Cup. We played well and scored good goals today so we will keep improving in the matches to come.”
Nigeria will face the winners of Group B in quarter-finals at the Suez Canal Stadium in Ismailia.
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