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Daily Independent<\/a> (Lagos)<\/p>\n

1 May 2011<\/p>\n

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Flying Eagles on Sunday defeated Cameroon 3-2 after extra time to win a record sixth African Youth Championship (AYC) in South Africa.<\/p>\n

After a goalless first half, Nigeria took the lead through striker Olanrewaju Kayode who dashed inside the Cameroonian box before firing past the outstanding goalkeeper Jean Efala for the opening goal of an evenly balanced game. That was in the 74th minute.<\/p>\n

Five minutes after this goal, Kayode was brought down by goalkeeper Efala on his way to goal and the resulting penalty was tucked away by Uche Nwofor. It was the Enugu Rangers striker’s fourth goal of the tournament and also made him the goal king of this AYC.<\/p>\n

However, the Junior Lions of Cameroon showed real character when they fought back with goals by Franck Ohandza and dangerman Edgar Salli.<\/p>\n

Both goals were great individual efforts as they cut in through the right side of the Nigerian defence before firing home from inside the six-yard box.<\/p>\n

The Cameroonian goals came just at the nick of time to take this thrilling final into 30 minutes of extra time.<\/p>\n

Substitute Terry Envoh would make the difference in the 92nd minute, when he got to the end of a pass inside the Cameroon box before he shot home past Efala for the championship winner.<\/p>\n

Cameroun refused to lie down and die and only some heroic goal keeping by Dami Paul, who produced an astonishing double save in the 110th minute, saw the Nigerians cling on to their slim lead.<\/p>\n

A game with so many twists and turns was never going to be complete without a red a card and it duly arrived on 102 minutes. Nigeria’s goalscoring hero, Kayode was the man with the dubious honour as he was issued the marching orders after picking up a second yellow card.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Egypt finished third after defeating Mali 1-0 in the third-place play-off in Johannesburg. Mohamed Aly’s 58th minute strike separated the two sides.<\/p>\n

Mali was favourites for the game but a second-half revival by the north Africans helped them to seal the win.<\/p>\n

All the four teams that reached the semi-final will represent Africa at the Under-20 World Cup in Colombia in July.<\/p>\n

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