Egypt is determined to win the African Youth Championship- coach Rabie Yassin

Egypt is set to clash with Nigeria in the 2013 Orange CAF U-20 Championship semi-final on Tuesday in Ain Temouchent. The Young Pharaohs go into the match with a 100% record in the finals so far and according to team coach Rabie Yassin they are determined to win this competition and will be ready for Nigeria come Tuesday 26th March.
Egypt are thrilled to have qualified for the World Cup finals to be played in Turkey but Yassin says that goal has been achieved and if anything this makes them even more eager to come away from Algeria with the African Youth title too.

"The Nigeria clash will be different to the games we played in the group phase as there is no second chance to recover if we lose in the semis. It is knock –out phase now and we don’t want to miss out on reaching and winning the final so we will be ready for Nigeria on Tuesday" said coach Rabie Yassin. “ I am pleased to welcome some key players back from suspension and injury and this gives me greater options and strengthens my squad. We studied our opponents well and we know a lot about them. We will prepare as best plans as possible to overcome Nigeria and reach the final, concluded Yassin.

The coach said, Nigeria presents a strong challenge and always has a good team and will provide a tough challenge. During the preparations for this tournament, the two sides played twice in warm ups game, with Nigeria winning once and the other match ending in a goalless draw. Both coaches said the results from these two friendly matches will hardly have any bearing on Tuesday’s game and it will most probably end up a tough encounter that will be won by slim margin and possibly by the team that wants it more and makes least mistakes.

The best is yet to come from this side – Nigeria’s assistant coach Alloysius Agu

Nigeria and Egypt clash in the semi-final of the 2013 Orange CAF U-20 Championship on Tuesday in Ain Temouchent, Algeria in what Flying Eagles assistant coach Alloysius Agu described as “ The final before the final”. Egypt is yet to lose in this tournament while Nigeria has improved with each match since losing the opening match to Mali. Agu issued a rallying call to his charges ahead of the game and told Cafonline.com that he believes this Nigerian side is yet to hit top gear.

Cafonline.com: How will you approach the match against Egypt?

AGU. What we have to do is to do what we do best as Nigeria. That is to hold onto the ball and play creating chances and converting those chances. We will aim to deny Egypt the ball and opportunity to dictate the game. We also know that the Egyptians are good at set-pieces and have got goals from that so we make sure we avoid committing fouls in areas where they can hurt us.

Cafonline.com: You scored three goals without suspended chief striker Kayode in your last match, how difficult will it be to leave him out on Tuesday?

AGU: That’s always the pleasure we have as Nigerians and believe me we need wisdom to choose the right side and the correct combination for the da. We need divine wisdom to get the decision right but we will look at it and we will field a team that we hope will do Nigerians proud.

Cafonline.com: How do you keep the team motivated and focused now that you have reached World Cup finals?

AGU: We set ourselves two coming into this tournament. The first has been achieved, which was to qualify for World Cup and the second is to bring back the Cup to Nigeria and we are on course to achieve that too, so basically we have reminded the team of meeting both goals one at a time. Achieving these goals is motivation enough for the team.

Cafonline.com: How much pressure is on Nigeria to defend the title here in Algeria?

AGU: Oh most certainly so, yes it is part and parcel of football and there is pressure to retain the title we won two years ago in South Africa but you don’t let pressure get the better of you. We will remain focused on the goal and seek to defend the title.

C'mon boiz.... Up Eagles!

I order you our little Eagles to conquer the pharohs of Egyptians.

Just compare the matured looking faces of the flying eagles ( obviously in their late twenties / early thirties ) and the young looking faces of the egyptian team ( obviously in their late teens / early twenties ). SMH !!!!!!!!!. When would this age cheating stop in junior african competitions. Anyway, i wish them all the best.

we are going to win Egypt today by Gods gracy

wish our guys (men) the grace to progress

Imbibe in the spirit of the super eagles in africa ntions cup.

the Nigerian team is too old with most of the players looking no less than 30..cant support cheats

Super men of eagles vs Pharioh boys of egypt

Am confidently sure that if super eagles didn't win the game, the pharaohs would win.

Orange African Youth Championship 2013
'Semi-final - Nigeria vs Egypt'. Live from Olympic Stadium of Oran - Oran, Algeria at 5 00pm..... Why una dey give wrong information

born2fuck: Orange African Youth Championship 2013
'Semi-final - Nigeria vs Egypt'. Live from Olympic Stadium of Oran - Oran, Algeria at 5 00pm..... Why una dey give wrong information

I am seeing EGYPT v MALI today. Who is giving us this wrong info?
It is GHANA v NIGERIA, and its 2morrow

May the best looking team win

crusufixo:

Just compare the matured looking faces of the flying eagles ( obviously in their late twenties / early thirties ) and the young looking faces of the egyptian team ( obviously in their late teens / early twenties ). SMH !!!!!!!!!. When would this age cheating stop in junior african competitions. Anyway, i wish them all the best.

. A big fool u are. Must u comment even If u dn't have anything reasonable to comment?

georgee:
I am seeing EGYPT v MALI today. Who is giving us this wrong info?
It is GHANA v NIGERIA, and its 2morrow

. Hey! It is 1st vs 2nd from both groups. Dn't u follow internatnal football? Or u think this is d English FA Cup? And pls dn't ask who came 1st or 2nd from each grp cos if u'v been followin this AYC u should know dat.

i believe we will find something to do with the wasteful attackers we have, wonder if there are tested b4 selection abi

LEts go flying eaglesssssssssssss

Tolexander: Am confidently sure that if super eagles didn't win the game, the pharaohs would win.

haha ROFLMAO o je bi ko ye ki enikankan win

any link to watch it online?

Links to the game

http://www.lc2international.tv/

http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/177082/1/watch-egypt-vs-nigeria,-u20.html

U guys shld update us...am stucked up in office

Egyptians are very organised, nigeria had d best chance 4 naw 13 min of play

i tink am confused o. am seeing egypt v mali and nig v ghana later today on dstv website. but has d match even started?

Nigeria are yet to break d young pharaoh's defence, likewise d young pharaoh,

Egypt 0 - 0 Nigeria 25 mins

hope 9ja win this one

ghana dey show their match bt 9ja noway strange.