After scaling through Ghana with a comfortable 2-0 win in the semi final, Flying Eagles players have all said they must return to Nigeria with the AYC trophy which has eluded the country for sometime now. Striker Taiwo Awoniyi, Obinna Nwobodo, Musa Abdullahi have said the team have their sights fixed on a seventh AYC triumph in Sunday’s final, agaisnt Senegal who beat Mali 2-1 yesterday.

Goals by Obinna Nwobodo and skipper Musa Muhammed in either half of the match lifted the Flying Eagles to Sunday’s final. “The target now is to win the cup after we have qualified for the World Cup. We want to make our great country Nigeria happy and proud by winning a seventh AYC title,” said Awoniyi, who has scored three goals at Senegal 2015.

“The fact that we have already qualified for the World Cup has made it a lot easier for us to now focus on becoming champions again.” Nigeria have won the AYC six times with the last being in 2011 in South Africa. In the meantime, the Flying Eagles scooped a fourth CAF Man of the Match Award at the tournament after midfielder Obinna Nwobodo was picked as the best player in the semifinal against Ghana. Awoniyi (twice) and Ifeanyi Ifeanyi have been the other winners of the top award.