Nigeria’s Future Eagles were held to a second successive draw at the maiden FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The team of coach Patrick Bassey played out a 2-2 draw against Jordan in their second Group AD game on Sunday morning at the Hovsan Competition Complex.
After opening their campaign with a 3-3 draw against South Sudan on Saturday, the Future Eagles took the lead against Jordan through captain Timothy Ijachi in the 24th minute.
Jordan responded quickly with an equalizer from Zinedine Abushaer in the 29th minute before going ahead through Abdelrahman Khear in the 37th minute.
With Nigeria heading for defeat, forward Abdulrazak Mufutau of 12Alive FC, Ibadan rescued a point for the Future Eagles with a stoppage-time equalizer in the 40+2 minute.
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The result leaves Nigeria with two points from two matches in the eight-a-side tournament, which is played over two 20-minute halves.
The Future Eagles will be back in action later today (Sunday) when they face fellow West African The Gambia at 4:30pm WAT in their third group game.
They will conclude the group stage on Monday against Cyprus at 8:30am and Pakistan at 3:15pm.
Performances in the group stage will determine which tier each country progresses to in the second phase on October 28 and 29, with the tier finals scheduled for October 30.
By James Agberebi
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