Nigeria Golden Eaglets beat Botswana

[Folami David]

Nigeria's Golden Eaglets on Saturday trounced Botswana 3-0 in a friendly at the U.J Esuene Stadium in Calabar.
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Striker Taiwo Awoniyi marked his debut for the Nigeria U17s with a superb goal when he finished off a Bernard Bulbwa's pullout in the 16th minute.
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The second goal did not arrive until some 15minutes later but it was worth waiting for. Hardworking midfielder, Ifeanyi Matthew scored from a well-taken free kick from just outside the box that left goalkeeper Daniel Kedidimetse rooted to the spot.
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Six minutes later, Awoniyi, the former under-15 striker, got his second goal of the evening when he rose through the defence of the Diamond Zebras to head home a pinpoint pullout from Musa Yahaya.
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The Eaglets still had the upper hand in the second half, but goalkeeper Kedidimetse did a Yeoman's job as he foiled several chances from the Nigerian youngsters to end the game at a respectable score line.
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Botswana coach, Kagiso Kobedi said both teams gave a good account of themselves despite the score line, adding that the second game of the two-match series on Monday would be very interesting.