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The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria
finished fourth at the 2015 AYC
after losing 3-1 to the Syli Babes
of Guinea in a 3rd/4th place
playoff match at the Stade
Général S. K.
Goals from Aboubacar Toure and
Abdoulaye Keita in the space of
five minutes gave the Syli Babes a
2-1 lead over the Golden Eaglets
at half-time.
The game was off to a
predictably fast start, with both
sides looking to win the third
place match at the Stade Général
S. K.
After a couple of tame efforts,
however, Eaglets had the lead
twenty eight minutes into the
game, when Victor Osimhen
bundled in a superb team effort.
Nigeria should have increased
their lead not long after, when
Abdullahi Suleiman was given far
too much room and his header
was saved by goalkeeper Moussa
Camara.
Immediately after Suleiman
forced the goalkeeper to the
save, Nigeria looked distinctly
second-best, struggling to craft
any moves and surrendering
possession to Guinea as soon as
they did get the ball.
Guinea did find their equaliser.
Aboubacar netted an absolute
beauty into the far corner and
over Akpan Udoh, stunning the
Nigerian fans into silence.
Just as Guinea's goal appeared to
deflate Nigeria, the Syli Babes
were in the lead Keita's fantastic
effort ends with an amazing
goal.
Nigeria were probably looking
the more likely team to level as
half-time drew closer, but the
Guineans held on.
After the break, Abdullahi wasn't
effective with his set-pieces as
Eaglets struggled to create any
clear-cut chances.
With thirty-one minutes left to
play Guinea made another
breakthrough as Keita powered
in his second goal of the day.
Guinea were almost making it
4-1, but it took the bravery of
Udoh to deny Alseny Soumah
from scoring.
The clueless Nigerian side lacked
the energy to take the game to
their opponents and couldn't
shrug off the disappointments of
crashing out to South Africa in
the semi final on Wednesday.
Eaglets Starting XI: Akpan Udoh,
Lazarus John, Abbass Usman,
Abdullahi Suleiman, Orji
Okwonkwo, Victor Osimhen,
Kelechi Nwakali, Maxwell Paul,
Uko Anietie, Zakari Lukman,
Chukwueze Samuel

The boys are nt good enough,they will certaily be a disappointment in the world cup. What a shame

It's really a shame.