WAFU B Tourney: Sports Minister Congratulates Golden Eaglets On 2023 AFCON Qualification – National

The Minister For Youth and Sports activities Improvement, Sunday Dare has congratulated Nigeria’s U-17 boys, Golden Eaglets on their qualification to the ultimate of the continuing U-17 WAFU B tourney in Ghana and securing a ticket to 2023 U-17 AFCON event billed for Algeria.

Nigeria got here again from a objective behind to thrash the Child Elephants of Côte d’Ivoire 3-1 on Tuesday night within the first semi last fixture thanks to 2 freekick targets by Emmanuel Michael and a strong header from Abubakar Idris Abdullahi to e-book a spot within the last of the WAFU B Tourney and a spot on the fifteenth version of the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.

Whereas congratulating the group on their victory, the Sports activities Minister slated the kids’ combating spirit and their willpower.

He additionally counseled the teaching workers and different members of the squad for laying a profitable basis and urged the boys to emulate their U20 counterparts who received the U-20 version of the WAFU B event in Niger earlier this month.

“I congratulate you for doing probably the most troublesome a part of the job in such a commanding method. I salute your combating spirit and willpower. I commend your coaches, officers and the Nigeria Soccer Federation(NFF) for laying the muse for this success.

“I urge you to complete this task the identical means your seniors, the Flying Eagles did in Niamey, Niger Republic final month. Go and win the ultimate. I do know you are able to do it.

“I need you to know that the entire of Nigeria is behind you. You don’t have anything to be afraid of. You’re nice Nigerian ambassadors already and we might be ready to obtain you with the trophy after the ultimate,” Dare acknowledged.

Golden Eaglets will face their Burkina Faso counterparts who defeated host nation Ghana by a lone objective on Tuesday evening within the last of the event on Friday, June 24, 2022 on the Cape Coast Stadium.

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