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Nigeria U16s national team showcased their scoring ability by thrashing hosts Morocco 5-3 in an U16 international friendly staged at the\u00a0Mohammed VI Football Complex on Monday night, allnigeriasoccer.com<\/strong> reports.<\/p>\n The Future Eagles had a score to settle with the Young Atlas Lions given the manner of their defeat when both teams faced off on Friday, March 22.<\/p>\n Four days ago, the Future Eagles battled back from a two-goal deficit to level the score 2-2 against their Moroccan opponents, but controversy arose in the 80th minute when the referee awarded a penalty to the Young Atlas Lions, which was converted by\u00a0Ziad Baha.\u00a0<\/p>\n In yesterday’s game, Nigeria showed they meant business right from the off with\u00a0Remo\u00a0Academy starlet\u00a0Daniel Arierhi breaking the deadlock inside three minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n And their advantage was doubled in the ninth minute when HB Academy’s Rapha Adams found the net but\u00a0Younes Eder halved the deficit at minute 16.<\/p>\n Supreme Abuja FC’s Manneh\u00a0Ebrima restored Nigeria’s two-goal cushion just before the half-hour mark, only for\u00a0Shadi El Ouazzani to score for the Moroccans to make it 3-2 heading into the interval.<\/p>\n Arierhi and Adams scored their braces in the 55th and 85th minute respectively while Morocco’s\u00a0Wissam Dardak netted the game’s final goal at minute 87.<\/p>\n The Future Eagles were still in Morocco\u00a0as at the time of this report but are due to fly back to Nigeria later today.<\/p>\n Ifeanyi Emmanuel\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Copyright ANS<\/strong>
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