Flying Eagles of Nigeria on Saturday played out a 2-2 draw against Mavlon FC of Lagos in a thrilling friendly encounter at the FIFA goal project, Package B of the Moshood Abiola international stadium.
Mavlon FC of Lagos displayed a high quality performance which saw the team came back from two goals to draw two all with the Flying Eagles in a game that truly defined a stiff test for the FIFA U20 World Cup bound Flying Eagles from the blast of the whistle .
The two sides traded tackles and passed the ball with flair , purpose and strong intensity with an end to end attacking incursions that put both goal keepers on their toes.
The Flying Eagles, however under the able tutelage of Aliyu Zubairu went ahead after the hour mark when Marvellous Freedom slotted the ball into the net, as the team preparing for the FIFA U20 World Cup ended the first half with a goal advantage.
Early in the second half saw the Flying Eagles increased their lead through AbdulBasit Abubakar, who clinically struck the ball into the net.
Flying Eagles were in cruise control it appeared, but enterprising Mavlon players were unfazed, they intensified their efforts, which eventually came when the referee awarded a penalty against Flying Eagles and it was beautifully converted into the net by Sunday Emmanuel to make it 2-1.
The goal conceeded brought out a renewed vigour from the Flying Eagles. The team launched attacking on the defence of Mavlon FC, but met strong resistance in the defence marhalled by Muntari Momoh and his co- defenders.
As time progresses in the game, a quick counter attack by Mavlon that had the football imprint of world class from Ibrahim Muhammed Beji found Abah Emmanuel, who darted into the box of Flying Eagles and unleashed a ferocious shot that hit the roof of the net to make it 2-2 few minutes into the game.
There was no denying the fact that the friendly game had the signature of topnotch football from both teams to the delight of fans .
