Flying Eagles winger Sani Suleiman has shared his ideas on the staff’s draw with Colombia, DAILY POST reviews.
Aliyu Zubairu’s facet held the South People to a 1-1 draw of their final group sport on the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup on Monday morning.
The seven-time African champions completed third in Group F with 4 factors from three video games.
The Flying Eagles earned a berth within the Spherical of 16 as probably the greatest third-placed groups.
They’ll battle one other South American facet Argentina for a spot within the quarter-finals.
Suleiman will miss the encounter slated for Santiago on Wednesday after selecting his second reserving of the competitors late within the sport in opposition to Colombia.
The teen nonetheless backed his teammates to get the job completed in his absence.
“I’m very completely happy that we certified for the knockout stage,” he mentioned after the sport.
“Dedication and teamwork helped us to get the end result in opposition to Colombia and now we’re by. Hopefully we is not going to wrestle the best way we struggled within the group stage and regardless that I cannot be a part of them (in opposition to Argentina) I belief my teammates to not disappoint.”