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Egypt 'benefited a lot' from Nigeria friendly, says coach Javier Aguirre

Egypt coach Javier Aguirre is 'satisfied' with his team's performance in spite of suffering defeat to Nigeria.

Paul Onuachu's goal few seconds into the match made the difference in a keenly-contested friendly, as the Super Eagles ran out 1-0 victors at the Stephen Keshi Stadium.

Almost decided on players who would represent the Pharaohs at the African Cup of Nations in June on home turf, most of the names on Aguirre's 25-man list for March games against Niger and Gernot Rohr's men had little or no national team experience.