U-20 W/Cup: Flying Eagles On Track

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles  beat Cuba 3-0 in Kayersi on Monday to get their Fifa Under-20 World Cup back on track after losing 3-2 in their opening match to Portugal.
The goals came from a first-half brace from Aminu Umar, and captain Abdul Ajagun, who scored his third goal of the tournament in Turkey.
The win will give Nigeria hope of reaching the knockout stages of the tournament where they face Korea Republic in their next match tomorrow.
Nigeria battled to break down the Cubans early on. Nigeria’s man of the moment Ajagun almost opened the scoring with a superb lob, from the right of the penalty area while running at full pace, but Sandy Sanchez was relieved to see it land on the roof of the net.
Seconds later they were ahead. Ajagun fed Olarenwaju Kayode down the left wing, who got clear of the defence, before squaring to Umar to score what is likely to be one of the simplest goals of his career, 1-0.
Umar scored another goal four minutes later. Osuchukwu’s deep corner found Abdullahi Shehu, who drilled a cross that Umar flicked between his legs and into the bottom corner.
Ajagun scored in the 67th minute with a header from a Kingsley Madu cross to make the score 3-0.
Nigeria could have scored again but Ajagun missed the chance to double his tally, missing from the penalty spot after Martinez upended Kayode in the area.