The Flying Eagles of Nigeria were held to a 0-0 draw by Morocco in their second Group B game at the 2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations on Sunday night . Completesports.com’s ADEBOYE AMOSU appraises the performance of the players in the game.
Ebenezer Harcourt 7/10
Good display from the Sporting Lagos goalkeeper. Made some good saves especially in the second half.
Adamu Maigari 7/10
Struggled early in the game but improved after the break. He will need to work on his marking.
Emmanuel Chukwu 7/10
The Hoffenheim defender formed a good understanding with Daniel Bameyi again. Another impressive outing from the centre-back.
Daniel Bameyi 8/10
A Man of the Match display from the captain. He was solid at the back and made a number vital clearances.
Odinaka Okoro 710
The left-back worked hard to keep the Moroccans at bay. He also make attacking forays upfront.
Israel Ayuma 6/10
Started his first game of the competition. Ayuma started the game well but fizzled out afterwards.
Divine Oliseh 5/10
A poor display from the midfielder. He was replaced late on by Olalekan Alabi.
Auwal Ibrahim 6/10
The Akwa United midfielder couldn’t replicate his performance from the previous game.
Clinton Jephta 5/10
The Enyimba winger was ineffective in the game. Jephta was replaced by Tahir Maigana 10 minutes from time.
Bidemi Amole 4/10
Another disappointing display by the forward. He lasted 45 minutes on the pitch.
Precious Benjamin 5/10
The forward took the place of Kparobo Arierhi in the starting X1. He didn’t offer much in attack.
Substitutes
Rickson Mendos 4/10
Took the place of the ineffective Bidemi Amole after the break. He was booked in the 62nd minute.
Maigana Tahir 4/10
He didn’t offer much following his introduction.
Kparobo Arierhi 4/10
Dropped to the bench after starting the first game. The Lillestrøm player couldn’t help his side win the game following his introduction.
2 Comments
The only outstanding player was the goalkeeper, AM sorry the rest were crap. This is what you get when you assemble academy players that rarely get to see matches to play
The Flying Eagles showed too much respect, if not fear, to the young Atlas Lions of Morocco. FE could not play their usual attacking football for fear of losing to the Moroccan, concentrating more on defending and man-to-man marking of the young Moroccans.