CAF U20 AFCON: Nigeria, Senegal pick quarter-finals tickets as Egypt is eliminated
Nigeria finished second behind Senegal with 6 points and two goals difference to move on in the competition.
By Olusola Adebayo
The Flying Eagles of Nigeria and their Senegalese counterparts pick the two automatic quarter tickets in group A of the ongoing CAF U20 Africa cup of Nations in Egypt.
Nigeria defeated Mozambique by 2-0 in Ismail on Saturday evening to pick their second win of tbe competition to cement their place in the quarter-finals, a result which may eliminate the Mozambicans from the competition depending on results elsewhere.
Nigeria finished second behind Senegal with 6 points and two goals difference to move on in the competition.
Senegal maintained their hundred percent winning record by beating the host by 4-0 in Cairo which seriously eliminated the host from the competition.
Senegal topped group A with a maximum number of m points scoring eight goals and conceding none in the three matches played so far.
Egypt has only a point and a deficit of five goals to place fourth in the group.
