Flying Eagles star, Samuel Chukwueze, has continued in fine form in friendly matches ahead of the team’s U-20 AFCON return leg against the Young Swallows of Burundi.
The Chile 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup bronze ball winner caused serious havoc to opposition defence lines as they saw off Amakson Football Academy 3-0 in a friendly.
Just two days after his brace helped the Flying Eagles demolish the Nigeria National League side, Shekarau Babes FC, in a friendly match played on the artificial pitch of the FIFA Goal Project in Abuja, the winger was again at his imperious best netting twice in the second half at the weekend at the same venue.
The galloping winger was at his usual slippery best all through the entertaining affair and received huge applause from the crowd, among them players of the National U-17 team currently in Abuja for a screening exercise supervised by team Coach Manu Garba.
Another winger, Orji Okonkwo, added the third and final goal, just as he did against Shekarau Babes when he scored the fifth and final goal of the match to see off the Kano-based NNL side.
Amakson Football Academy prides itself as a hard nut to crack for National Teams, having had decent results against the U-17, U-20 and U-23 teams in the past.
Friday’s bashing, however, did not come as a surprise to fans and the proprietor of the academy, who admitted after the game that his boys lost to a very good team with great potentialities.
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