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CAF Schools Championship: Nigeria boys battle for bronze as girls bow out
By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde
Nigeria’s representatives, National Grammar School lost their semi-final match at the West Africa Zone B (WAFU-B) Qualifiers of the 2023 CAF Africa Schools Football Championship 1-0 to their counterparts from Ivory Coast in the semi-final in Lome on Friday.
The defeat at the Stade Municipal de Kegue in Lome on Saturday evening means the team will contend for the bronze medals against Ghana’s flag bearers on Sunday.
In their first match on Thursday, the National Grammar School boys routed the representatives of the Republic of Togo (host nation) 4-0.
In their second match, they drew 1-1 with the team that represented Cote d’Ivoire.
On Saturday, a bizarre schedule saw them play three matches. They defeated Benin Republic 1-0, before losing 0-2 to Ghana’s representatives in a match they played the most part with 10 men after their central defender was red-carded.
The unfavorable circumstances did not help as the team then lost 1-0 to Cote d’Ivoire’s representative team in the semi-finals played on Saturday evening.
In the girls category, Nigeria’s representative, Fosla Academy lost all four games.
After a 3-0 loss to hosts, Togo in the opener, Nigeria succumbed to a 2-1 defeat in the hands of Cote D’Ivoire.
A further 2-0 loss to Benin Republic and a 3-0 walk-over defeat to Ghana ended the team’s participation in the tournament.
