{"id":849229,"date":"2025-05-18T16:12:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T21:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/nigeria-vs-egypt-how-has-the-flying-eagles-fared-in-bronze-medal-battles-against-young-pharaohs\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T16:12:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T21:12:48","slug":"nigeria-vs-egypt-how-has-the-flying-eagles-fared-in-bronze-medal-battles-against-young-pharaohs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/nigeria-vs-egypt-how-has-the-flying-eagles-fared-in-bronze-medal-battles-against-young-pharaohs\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria vs Egypt: How has the Flying Eagles fared in bronze medal battles against Young Pharaohs?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nigeria and Egypt<\/a> are set to take to the pitch to battle for the bronze medal at the 30 June Air Defence Stadium in Cairo for the third-place match of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This comes after Aliyu Zubairu’s boys could not keep their nets closed against South Africa’s Tylon Smith, who scored the only goal to secure their place in the final.<\/p>\n

Nigeria already secured the ticket to participate in the 2025 U-20 World Cup tournament in Chile after progressing to the semis, but a bronze medal is now seen as compensation for their efforts in the campaign.<\/p>\n

Both teams had been tipped to reach the final, but football\u2019s unpredictability played its part. Instead of the grand finale, they now face off in the losers\u2019 final.<\/p>\n

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One last battle. <\/p>\n

The Bronze is still up for grabs. #TotalEnergiesAFCONU20<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/GzEMSkCK7m<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 CAF_Online (@CAF_Online) May 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A Familiar Stage for Bronze<\/h3>\n

For Nigeria\u2019s Flying Eagles, playing for bronze is hardly unfamiliar territory. The seven-time African champions\u2014with titles in 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 2005, 2011, and 2015\u2014will now compete for third place for the fifth time in the competition\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

Their track record in bronze medal matches has been impressive. In 1995, when Nigeria hosted the tournament, the Flying Eagles bounced back from a semi-final loss to Cameroon by edging Mali 1-0 in Lagos to clinch bronze.<\/p>\n

They repeated the feat in 2009 in Rwanda, where a Haruna Lukman-led team overcame South Africa\u2019s Amajita 2-1.<\/p>\n

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Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama,Chidi Odiah,Dickson Etuhu,Danny Shittu,Yakubu Ayegbeni,Joseph Yobo,(BOTTOM ROW FLTR),Victor Obinna,Chinedu Obasi,Taye Taiwo,Nwankwo Kanu,Lukman Haruna Nigeria [Photo credit\/Imago]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Egypt\u2019s Own Chapter<\/h3>\n

Egypt, too, have history on their side. This will be their fourth appearance in the third-place match, having secured bronze three times previously. As hosts the Young Pharaohs will be eager to impress on home soil once again, even if it\u2019s not in the final.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin\t\t\t\t<\/a>
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\n\t\t\t\tAyomide Oguntimehin is a CAF-accredited sports journalist and Editor at Soccernet.ng, with a proven track record in conducting interviews with Super Eagles stars such as William Troost-Ekong, Taiwo Awoniyi, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Ademola Lookman, and many others. He has also made a significant impact in breaking transfer news stories.<\/p>\n

Grounded in video editing, video journalism, social media management, and content strategy, Ayomide brings a wealth of expertise to his work.\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Soccer Nigeria and Egypt are set to take to the pitch to battle for the bronze medal at the 30 June Air Defence Stadium in Cairo for the third-place match of the U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Soccernet.ng reports. This comes after Aliyu Zubairu’s boys could not keep their nets closed against South Africa’s Tylon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":849230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28579,27096,2005],"tags":[47619,15956],"class_list":{"0":"post-849229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-egypt","8":"category-nigeria","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-egypt","11":"tag-nigeria"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}