F’eagles beat Ghana 2- 0 in U20 AFCON qualifying tournament

NIGERIA’S U20 boys, Flying Eagles, defeated their Ghanaian counterparts 2- 0 in the opening match of Group B of the WAFU B U20 Championship in Niamey, yesterday. The win gave the boys all three points and a foot in the semifinals of a competition from where the zone’s flagbearers in next year’s Africa U20 Cup of Nations will emerge.

Ibrahim Muhammad put

Nigeria ahead after only six minutes, as the seven– time African champions showed composure, confidence and calmness to dominate the Black Satellites easily.

Adams Olubi could have made it 2- 0 for Nigeria towards the end of the first half, but fluffed his lines after a good team move had carved open the Ghanaian rearguard and left him with the only the goalkeeper to beat.