Nigeria Flying Eagles began their journey to the CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations , Zambia 2017 on a bright note Saturday in Bujumbura with a lone goal victory over Burundi.
The Nigerian lads took off like a house on fire piling the pressure on the opposition defence and missed a great chance in the second minute as Kingsley Micheal failed to finish off a fine layoff from Victor Osimhen.
In the 25 minute Samuel Chukwueze came close with a looping header while skipper Kelechi Nwakali fired narrowly wide from outside the box in the 30th minute. The Burundians were physically big and intimidating, they almost scored their opener in the 17th minute but watched as their best effort came off the cross bar before Akpan Udoh in goal for Nigeria parried it away.
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