2023 U-20 W/Cup: Flying Eagles To Face South Korea In Quarter-finals
The last eight pairing was confirmed after South Korea edged Ecuador 3-2 in the round of 16 on Thursday.
Lee-Young-Jun gave South Korea the lead in the 11th minute before Bae Jun-Ho made it 2-0 on 19 minutes.
In the 36th minute Ecuador pulled a goal back after Justin Cuero converted a penalty.
The Koreans restored their two-goal advantage three minutes into the second half when Choi Seok—Hyun got the third goal.
With six minutes left Sebastian Gonzalez scored for Ecuador to make it a nervy ending but the Asians held on to advance.
The Flying Eagles quarter-final clash with South Korea comes up on Sunday, June 4, inside the Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades, Santiago del Estero at 6:30pm.
This will be the third time Nigeria and South Korea will meet at the U-20 World.
In their first encounter in the group stage of the 2005 edition in the Netherlands, South Korea came from a goal down to beat the Flying Eagles 2-1.
While in another group game tie in the 2013 edition in Turkey, the Flying Eagles won 1-0.
South Korea’s best outing at the U-20 World Cup was at the 2019 tournament in Poland where they lost 3-1 to Ukraine in the final.
On their part, the Flying Eagles have finished as runners-up twice (1989 and 2005).
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