Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will on Friday square up against Burkina Faso in the men’s Football final of the All African Games. Will they be second time lucky?
Nigeria’s first and only gold medal in the competition came in 1973 but many are expecting that the 46-year old jinx would be broken later today.
The Paul Aigbogun’s led side picked up from their not too impressive performance at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Poland with a 1-1 draw against the Burkinabe Boys in the opening game, a 2-1 win against South Africa and a 2-2 draw against host, Morocco in the group stage.
Nigeria scraped past Mali in the Semi-Final in a pulsating penalty shoot-out to setup another battle with Burkina Faso whom they met in the opening group game.
Many are keen to see if the Flying Eagles at Stade Boubker Aamar will be second time lucky in Morocco.