Nigeria’s Flying Eagles began their 2025 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations marketing campaign with a slim 1-0 win over Tunisia on Thursday.
Auwal Ibrahim scored the one objective of the match within the thirty eighth minute after being arrange by left-back Emmanuel Okoro. The midfielder stayed calm and positioned the ball previous Tunisian goalkeeper Thomas Zouaghi.
Tunisia started the match strongly and nearly scored early on by way of winger Khalil Ayari, however his shot was blocked by Nigeria’s captain, Daniel Bameyi. From the nook that adopted, Omar Ben Ali headed simply broad.
Nigeria slowly grew into the sport, with striker Kparobo Arierhi getting two good probabilities earlier than Ibrahim discovered the breakthrough.
Within the second half, Tunisia put Nigeria beneath stress however couldn’t discover a well past the defence.
Nigeria thought they’d an opportunity to double their lead after they had been awarded a penalty within the 71st minute after Rickson Mendos was introduced down within the field. Nevertheless, the referee cancelled the choice after checking VAR.
Coach Aliyu Zubairu and his group will now flip their focus to their subsequent group match in opposition to Morocco on Sunday.