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Flying Eagles 5 – 0 Guatemala

Flying Eagles 5 – 0 Guatemala

Nigeria’s Edafe Egbedi celebrates after scoring against Guatemala during their FIFA World Cup U20 Group D football match at the Centenario stadium in Armenia, Quindío department, Colombia, on July 31, 2011. AFP …

The Flying Eagles, Sunday, defeated Guatemala 5-0 at the  ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia.

Nigeria opened the scoring through Egbedi 8th minute into the game.

Other scorers are Kayode, Musa, Ajagun and another goal from Egbedi to give the Nigerian team the maximum points in their opening Group D match of the competition.

Nigeria's Edafe Egbedi celebrates after scoring against Guatemala during their FIFA World Cup U20 Group D football match at the Centenario stadium in Armenia, Quindío department, Colombia, on July 31, 2011. AFP ...

The backbone of the team comes from the Golden Eaglets who finished runners-up at the last FIFA U-17 World Cup on home soil two years ago.

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