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By Arinze Ude

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The Flying Eagles returned to their winning ways at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey on Monday. John Obuh’s boys breezed past the Cubans, running out 3-0 winners in their second group game to keep their hopes of qualifying for the next stage alive. The win takes them to third place in Group B and they will have to defeat the Koreans in the final game today by 3pm to book their passage to the last 16. Group B after 2 matches Portugal – 4 pts South Korea – 4 pts Nigeria – 3 pts Cuba – 0 pts Captain Abdul Ajagun scored his third goal of the competition in the win against Cuba. Aminu Umar completed the rout with a brace. The Flying Eagles opened the scoring when Olarenwaju Kayode fed Umar for an easy tap-in with 19 minutes gone. Four minutes later, Abdullahi Shehu drilled a cross which Umar flicked between his legs for a clever strike. Victory was completed in the 67th minute when Kingsley Madu’s cross was headed home by Ajagun. In Monday’s other Group B game, Nigeria’s conquerors in the first game, Portugal had to settle for a 2-2 draw with South Korea.
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This article was first published on 27th June 2013

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Arinze Ude is a PhD Student at the University of the West of England Bristol, UK, where he's exploring on the mechanisms of donor cell leukaemia. He shares his deep thoughts on his blog and the Naked Convos. He is keen to promote personal development of the Nigerian youth via thought-provoking articles.

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