FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival: Future Eagles draw 2-2 with Jordan after 3-3 with South Sudan

Photo: The Future Eagles pose with their South Sudan counterparts in a group photo after Saturday’s encounter. 

Nigeria’s U-15 boys, Future Eagles have drawn their first two matches of the ongoing FIFA U-15 World Cup and Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan, scoring five goals and conceding the same number.

On Saturday, Patrick Bassey’s charges were forced to a 3-3 draw by South Sudan. The Sudanese scored first before Wisdom Boniface brought Nigeria level. Sudan went ahead again but Captain Timothy Ogar restored parity just before the end of first half.

In the second half, Wisdom Oche shot Nigeria into the lead, but the Sudanese levelled less than one minute to the end of the encounter.

On Sunday morning, both Nigeria and Jordan failed to score in the first period. Timothy Ogar put the Future Eagles ahead in the second period and Jordan levelled five minutes later.

Jordan then raced into the lead before Abdulrazak Muftau made it 2-2 with the last kick of the match.

The Nigerian youngsters have a date with fellow West Africans, The Gambia, on Sunday evening.

Early on Monday morning, they will take on Cyprus, before confronting Pakistan later in the afternoon.

The inaugural tournament is being played in an eight-a-side format, with matches consisting of two 20-minute halves.

Performances in the group stage will determine which tier each country will progress to in the second stage, which will take centre stage on 28th and 29th October, while the tier finals will be played on Friday, 30th October.