Junior Eagles of Mali on Wednesday had a sweet smelling revenge against Flying Eagles of Nigeria beating them 4-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw at duration time.
Sports247.ng reports that the much anticipated match started on a equal pedestal with Malians, Mamadou Traore breaking the deadlock at the 76′ while Pascal Onyekachi restored parity at 86′ of the encounter. The penalties loss dashed the hope of Flying Eagles to lift the trophy record 8th time.
The same scenario happened at the Lome,Togo during the WAFU Tournament where Mali were leading Nigeria by a lone goal before Nigeria levelled up at the dying minutes and they went ahead to win via penalties.
Flying Eagles lost the team at extra time and appeared jaded on the pitch With Junior Eagles of Mali controlling the pace at every slightest move.
Flying Eagles lost two penalties while their Malian counterparts lost one to play in the final of the competition for the first time in their history.
In spite of the lackluster display by Nigerians on Wednesday, Nigerian Flying Eagles have secured a promotion ticket to Poland picking one of the four available tickets allocated to Africa for FIFA U20 World Cup.
