Daily Independent (Lagos)
20 April 2011
Nigeria and Cameroon go to battle on Thursday in the ongoing African Youth Championships in South Africa in a match to be broadcast live on SuperSport on DStv.
The Flying Eagles will enter the battlefield without influential warrior, Ahmed Musa. Going into this important encounter, the team is wary of the fact that they have lost their last two meetings with Cameroon in the Youth Championships by identical score lines of two-nil in 2007 and 2009.
“The Cameroonians have a rich football tradition at this level on the continent that we respect, and we know how difficult it has been playing against them at any level in the past”, commented coach John Sam Obuh.
“But we are ready to do our best and get a result even without Ahmed Musa. We have a number of players that can replace him. So there shouldn’t be too much to worry about.”
SuperSport will expose the next generation of stars from Nigerian and Cameroonian as they seek to claim early spots at the Fifa Under20 World Championship in Colombia later this year.
Young sensations like Dami Paul, Mohammed Aliyu, Gbenga Arokoyo, Abduljeleel Ajagun, Stanley Okoro, Terna Suswan, Philemon Daniel and two-goal hero in the triumph over Ghana , Uche Nwofor, are all set for a stating berth.
Later in the day champions Ghana, will file out against Gambia in a bid to claim their first win live on SuperSport Nine from 1.55pm local time.
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Nigeria: AYC – Musa Missing as Flying Eagles And Cameroon Clash