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Sunday, October 30, 2022
Olympic Eagles
Soccer lovers in Enugu have hailed the Olympic Eagles 2-0 victory in opposition to Tanzania to succeed in the ultimate qualifying spherical of the 2023 African Cup of Nation (AFCON) in Morocco.
Recall that Alhasan Yusuf and Success Makanjuola sealed the win for Nigeria within the 61st and 69th minute on the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan.
With the end result, Nigeria is thru to the ultimate spherical of the qualifying collection with a 3-1 mixture after 1-1 attract Tanzania a fortnight in the past.
Some soccer lovers, who spoke in Enugu on Saturday shortly after the match, stated the gamers made their day by reaching the subsequent spherical of the qualifier.
Norbert Okolie, Rangers FC media officer, stated that the gamers confirmed good teamwork and starvation to advance to the subsequent stage of the competitors.
“Olympic Eagles gave a superb account of themselves, as a result of the Tanzania Below-23 just isn’t a pushover crew in Africa,” he stated.
Okolie known as on the technical crew to beef up the crew earlier than the subsequent spherical of the qualifier to make sure that the crew participates within the AFCON match.
“Congratulations to the gamers and the teaching crew however we’re nonetheless not there. Let the gamers not chill out, as a result of the subsequent spherical could also be harder,” Okolie stated.
Ikechukwu Okoronkwo, a former Nigerian boxer, stated that the crew shouldn’t have waited until the second leg to beat Tanzania.
“The gamers performed effectively in Tanzania however couldn’t end the sport over there. Our strikers should be prolific in entrance of purpose to keep away from being kicked out within the subsequent spherical.
“Nigeria Olympic crew has given us extra pleasure and that’s what I anticipated any Olympic crew to carry on to and to maintain the reminiscence of the 1996 Olympic flying,” Okoronkwo stated.
Nana Bonsu, a Ghanaian goalkeeper, who performed for Rangers Worldwide FC of Enugu, described the end result as a morale booster for the crew going into the subsequent spherical of qualifier.
“It’s good, as a result of they’ve certified for the subsequent spherical and I’ve been praying for his or her success.
“That is only the start, I pray the crew reaches the ultimate and places smiles on the faces of their supporters within the nation and everywhere in the world,” Bonsu stated.
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