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The gallant Flying Eagles put up a good fight last night as they were routed out of the 2011 Fifa U-20 World Cup by a better French team. The Nigerian side fell short of booking a semi-final spot in a dramatic 3-2 quarterfinal loss to France after extra time in France.

Nigeria started strongly with Ahmed Musa threatening the opponents defence but it was the French through Alexandre Lacazette, who opened the scoring in the 50th minute when he beat the offside trap and slid the ball under the Flying Eagles goalkeeper Dami Paul.

Nigeria could’ve equalized but for the good display put on by France goalkeeper Jonathan Ligali. Substitute Maduabuchi Ejike’s 93rd minute equalizer handed Nigeria a lifeline and dragged the match into extra-time. In extra time, the French survived early Nigerian pressure before Gueida Fofana made it 2-1 in the 102nd minute of extra-time with a cheeky lob that was beyond Dami’s reach,

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