Nigeria’s 2015 U-20 World Cup campaign is back on track after a 4-0 win over North Korea at the Stadium Taranaki on Thursday. The African champions had to win their second Group E match after they lost their opening game 4-2 to Brazil.
However, the Flying Eagles had
to wait till the second half before they got the goals after a most
forgettable first 45 minutes. Godwin Saviour grabbed a brace with Kingsley Sokari and Isaac Success also getting on the scoresheet.
Saviour justified his first
start for Nigeria at New Zealand 2015 when he headed home Musa
Mohammed’s cross from the right for the first goal after 48 minutes. He
doubled his team’s lead three minutes later when he latched on to
another great pass by Awoniyi, before he held off his marker and the
goalkeeper to slide the ball home.
Sokari made it 3-0 in the 70th minute when he drilled home a thunderbolt, which gave the Korea goalkeeper no chance at all.
Substitute Musa Yahaya was denied by a brilliant save by the goalkeeper in the 75th minute, before another substitute, Isaac Success, made it 4-0 when he fired home on 80 minutes after he was set up by Awoniyi.
Nigeria could have taken the
lead under a minute when skipper Musa Mohammed let fly from outside the
box and it came off the post with goalkeeper Jong Hun Cha well beaten. Saviour then scoffed his shot from inside the box after just four minutes, before Korea threatened twice in succession.
Nigeria had the better chances
with Saviour denied by a fine save on 15 minutes, before Taiwo Awoniyi
was blocked from pulling the trigger from inside the vital area three
minutes later. Both Bulbwa and Awoniyi had chances to open
scoring for the Flying Eagles soon after but they were not clinical in
front of goal.
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