Hosts Morocco Force Flying Eagles To Another Draw

Hosts Morocco on Friday forced Nigeria’s Flying Eagles to a 1-1 draw in the second game of a two-leg international friendly played in Casablanca.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the first match between the two teams on Wednesday also finished in a 2-2 draw.

Reports had it that the Flying Eagles started brightly with Alhassan Ibrahim firing at the Junior Atlas Lions’ goal after just four minutes.

The gangling forward opened scoring in the 22nd minute when he cashed in on a confusion between the goalkeeper and his skipper to go clear and slot home.

It was his third goal in three matches, as he also scored his team’s two goals in the first leg on Wednesday.

Striker Khaba Hamza restored parity for Morocco on the half hour mark when he went past a napping Junior Eagles defence to shoot past goalkeeper Adamu Abubakar.

The report also said that the second half was characterised by several biased calls by the Moroccan referee.

But to their credit, the Flying Eagles did not lose their cool as they continued to search for the winning goal.

On the hour mark, the Flying Eagles failed to connect a cross from the right, before Ibrahim saw his shot from outside the box miss by whiskers in the 75th minute.

Morocco could have snatched a winner six minutes from time against the run of play, but Hamza fired well off target from inside the box with goalkeeper Adamu at his mercy.

The Flying Eagles are due back in Nigeria on Saturday, April 12.(NAN)

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