Nigeria’s U20 boys, Traveling Eagles, defeated their Ghanaian counterparts 2- in the opening match of Group B of the WAFU B U20 Championship in Niamey, yesterday.
The win gave the boys all 3 points and a foot in the semifinals of the competitors from in which the zone’s flagbearers in following year’s Africa U20 Cup of Nations will arise.
Ibrahim Muhammad put Nigeria ahead after only six minutes, as the seven-time African champions confirmed composure, confidence and calmness to dominate the Black Satellites very easily.
Adams Olubi could have designed it 2- for Nigeria in the direction of the end of the initially fifty percent but fluffed his lines after a great crew shift had carved open up the Ghanaian rearguard and left him with only the goalkeeper to conquer.
The Traveling Eagles eventually designed sure of the three points in the next half at the Stade Typical Seyni Kountché, when substitute Ahmed Abdullahi slotted into the web in the 78th minute soon after a series of onslaughts still left the Ghanaians in disarray.
The three points set Nigeria in pole placement to qualify from a group that has only a few groups. The Traveling Eagles will enjoy their very last match of the group on Wednesday from Burkina Faso.
The final result could decide the fate of Cup holders and reigning African champions, Ghana, as they will be condemned to defeat the Burkinabes when they meet up with at the identical venue on Sunday next week.
Scorer of Nigeria’s 1st purpose, Ibrahim Muhammad was picked as the person of the match.
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