WAFU-B U17 Championship: Golden Eaglets Thrash rivals Ghana To Kickoff Campaign On A Winning Note – National

The Nigeria U17 Males’s crew, the Golden Eaglets defeated the Black Starlets of Ghana 4-2 of their opening sport of the WAFU Zone B U-17 AFCON Qualifiers on Saturday night.

The Black Starlet of Ghana had the higher begin within the first ten minutes of the sport however it was Golden Eaglets that obtained the breakthrough as Emmanuel Michael scored a superb left footed freekick just a few metres shy of the 18-year-old to provide Nigeria the lead within the thirteenth minute.

The aim gave Nigeria a lift and managed the tempo of the sport thereafter. Ghana got here near scoring an equalizer by Collins Agyemang and Andrews Appiah within the twenty first minute and thirtieth minute respectively however did not convert the probabilities.

Nonetheless, Valuable Williams doubled Eaglets’ lead within the forty fourth minute as he tapped within the ball parried into play by goalkeeper Ahmed Amadu at hand Nigeria a cushty 2-0 halftime lead.

Eight minutes into the second half, Jibril Azeez netted the third aim for Nigeria within the encounter as he slotted the ball in after the Ghana goalkeeper did not take care of the hazard.

Substitute, Abdul Salifu dribbled his method by the Nigeria. defence and shot the ball into the low backside nook to tug one again for Ghana within the 58th-minute.

The Golden Eaglets will reply with a Substitute of their very own, Eke as he restored the Eaglets’ 3-goal lead within the 79th minute whereas Collins Agyemang made the scoreline respectable after scoring a penalty within the 88th minute.

At full time, Nigeria walked away with a powerful 4-2 victory on the Cape Coast Stadium in Ghana.

The 2 groups that makes the finals of the WAFU-B U-17 championship will robotically ebook their spots for the 2023 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations billed for Algeria.

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