Nigeria thrash Ghana in WAFU U-17 Cup tournament

Nigeria defeated Ghana on Saturday to start their WAFU U-17 Cup event on a sinning notice

The Golden Eaglets put 4 previous their Ghanaian rivals on Saturday to set a marker within the WAFU event.

Each side confirmed high quality within the sport however the Nduka Ugbade-led Eaglets proved an excessive amount of for his or her Ghanaian opponents.

Nigeria scored the opener as early because the thirteenth minute by Emmanuel Michael’s beautiful free kick.

The Black Meteors confirmed promise within the attacking areas however didn’t look strong defensively, a weak spot the Nigerians used to the utmost.

Valuable Williams scored Nigeria’s second within the sport only a minute earlier than the break however the Ghanaians stood resolute and rallied to seek out their method again within the got here.

Nigeria took the wholesome lead into the break and seemed to consolidate on their sturdy begin.

Within the 52nd minute, Jubril Azeez fired Nigeria 3-0 up and made the sport seemingly unreachable for the Ghanaians.

The Black Meteors nonetheless threatened a resurgence once they drew a purpose again within the 58th minute to place the sport at 3-1. It proved little to ginger the Ghanaians as Gentle Ike forged extra darkness on the Meteors with Nigeria’s fourth within the 71st minute.

Ghana scored an 88th-minute penalty to place the scoreline at 4-2.