Youth national team, Flying Eagles coach, Paul Osahon Aigbogun took time out to reflect on the strategies he employed in the group stage of the African U-20 Cup of Nations, and concluded that he had done everything right to ensure his side reach the final.<\/p>\n
Footballlive.ng learnt that Aigbogun was calm heading into Wednesday\u2019s semi-final against Mali, but he admitted the Francophone West Africans have a very strong side.<\/p>\n
Aigbogun had to make a tactical switch before the game, as IK Start of Norway midfielder, Afeez Aremu was declared unfit to play the tie.<\/p>\n
Although the former Akwa United of Uyo star had been a shadow of his old self during the Flying Eagles\u2019 first three games, Aigbogun continued keeping faith with the lad.<\/p>\n
It was then down to the coach to tinker his squad and outline a variety of tactics, as he went ion search of victory in Niamey, with the UK-born egg stressed that he had set his team into the mood for a final ticket.<\/p>\n
Aigbogun said: \u201cWe created the conditions to reach the final (against) a good team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Youth national team, Flying Eagles coach, Paul Osahon Aigbogun took time out to reflect on the strategies he employed in the group stage of the African U-20 Cup of Nations, and concluded that he had done everything right to ensure his side reach the final. Footballlive.ng learnt that Aigbogun was calm heading into Wednesday\u2019s semi-final […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":4485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[116,122],"class_list":["post-4482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-football","tag-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n