Zubairu Hails Flying Eagles' Confidence Boost After Egypt Win Ahead Of U-20 Afcon Opener

Flying Eagles head coach Aliyu Zubairu has expressed delight at his team's growing confidence following his teams victory over Egypt,

A morale-boosting 2-1 victory over host nation Egypt in a pre-tournament friendly at the Cairo International Stadium on Tuesday has set up Zubairus troops ahead of their first group game.

The friendly win comes just 48 hours after the Nigerian U-20 squad landed in the Egyptian capital, and Zubairu believes the result offers the perfect boost ahead of their U-20 Africa Cup of Nations AFCON opening match against Tunisia.