U-20 World Cup: Flying Eagles beat Argentina to soar into quarterfinals — Nigeria’s forward Ibrahim Muhammad (C-covered) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal during the Argentina 2023 U-20 World Cup round of 16 football match between Argentina and Nigeria at the San Juan del Bicentenario stadium in San Juan, Argentina, on May 31, 2023. (Photo by Andres Larrovere / AFP) (Photo by ANDRES LARROVERE/AFP via Getty Images)

The Flying Eagles are through to the quarterfinals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup after beating Argentina 2-0 to send the tournament hosts out of the championship.

Ibrahim Muhammad opened the scoring for Ladan Bosso’s boys on 61 minutes before Rilwanu Sarki made it 2-0 in the first minute of added time to send the record six-time U-20 world champions packing from the tournament.

Up next for the Flying Eagles is a quarterfinal clash against either Ecuador or South Korea.

Details later…

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