National team striker Sunusi Ibrahim is optimistic that the Dream Team VII will do well and secure Tokyo 2020 Olympic tickets in Egypt.
National team striker Sunusi Ibrahim has stated that players of the U23 national team who featured for the home based Eagles as well hope to remedy CHAN failure with a strong outing at next month’s U23 AFCON in Egypt.
Nasarawa United winger and 2018/2019 joint NPFL highest goal scorer, Sunusi Ibrahim says he’s disappointed with the loss of the Chan Eagles to Cape Verde in the WAFU on Cup on Saturday.
National team player Sunusi Ibrahim has stated that the Nigeria U23 national team will work hard to scale through the group stage hurdle after been drawn alongside West African rival Côte d’ Ivoire, South Africa and Zambia in group B of the 2019 AFCON U23 championship next month in Egypt.
Nasarawa United and Nigeria’s U23 national team striker Ibrahim Sunusi has expressed gratitude to God following the team’s qualification for the U23 AFCON after thrashing Sudan U23 5-0 yesterday in Asaba.
The Lafia city stadium hosted the North Central derby as Nasarawa United played host to Plateau United.
The MD 7 fixture lived up to its pre-match hype as Sunusi Ibrahim benefitted from a cut back from Anas Yusuf to fired home from close range as Nasarawa United raced into an early lead in the 8th minute.
Plateau United who were comfortable in possession could do nothing to hurt the Solid miners with Jesse Akila and Bernard Ovoke restricted to little or no space by the duo of Abubakar Bello and Jide Williams.
Early in the second half Sunusi Ibrahim turned provider when his return pass was headed home by Adeshola Johnson to make the point safe for the Bala Nikyu’s side
However Plateau United reduced the deficit as Emmanuel Edafe’s scored late from a goalmouth scramble, but it was not enough to deny the Solid Miners their first home win in three games over Plateau United.
Speaking after the game, Nasarawa United Assistant Coach, Arikya Abubakar said, though his side struggled, he’s happy with the boys’ character to put behind the loss to Kano Pillars to deliver a masterclass against Plateau United.
“We obviously learned from the loss to Kano Pillars but to the boys improved by d defeating Plateau United today”.