Categories: NewsNigeria

U-20 Qualifiers: Flying Eagles Crashes Out Of WAFU Tournament

The Flying Eagles are on the brink of missing out on qualification for CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations after losing their final group game in the WAFU B qualifiers

Nigeria’s U-20 team suffered a damaging 1-0 loss to their West African rivals, Black Satellites, in their second and final group game of the WAFU B U-20 tournament.

Ladan Bosso’s boys had begun their tournament with 1-1 draw against Cote d’Ivoire and needed to win against Ghana to have any chance of qualifying for the semi-finals.

The Flying Eagles started the clash Stade Charles de Gaulles on the front foot, but just like in the first game, they could not make their dominance count.

Nigeria had the ball in the net two minutes before the break, but it was ruled out due to a handball in the build-up.

The second half started the same way the first ended with Nigeria dominating possession, but they could not convert their chances.

They would later rue the missed chances as Ghana took the lead eight minutes from time through a well-taken freekick.

Although Nigeria tried to find a way back into the game, the Black Satellites held on for an important win. The  Flying Eagles are now out of the tournament following Ghana’s loss to  Cote d’Ivoire in the final group game.

This post was last modified on December 28, 2020 9:45 am

Joba Ogunwale

Oluwajoba Ogunwale has many years of experience as a sports content writer. The most recent of these was at Opera News, after which he took up the role of Editor-in-Chief at Soccernet.

Share
Published by
Joba Ogunwale

Recent Posts

Galatasaray hit with Victor Osimhen blow as Okan Buruk laments missed chances against Ajax

Nigeria international Victor Osimhen will miss Galatasaray’s first playoff game in the UEFA Europa League… Read More

52 minutes ago

Placeholders? Saudi clubs’ Deja vu tricks with Boniface and Osimhen

Saudi Arabian clubs appear to be repeating a familiar pattern in their pursuit of Nigerian… Read More

2 hours ago

Ajax vs Galatasaray: Victor Osimhen scores again, but toothless Lions lose record in Amsterdam

Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen was on target for Galatasaray, but his goal was not… Read More

8 hours ago

Super Eagles call-up? Nathan Tella breaks silence on Chelle’s selection

Super Eagles winger Nathan Tella has expressed his desire to return to the Nigerian national… Read More

13 hours ago

Can Akpom save Van Nistelrooy’s job? Leicester close in on Super Eagles-eligible striker

Leicester City are edging closer to securing the signing of Super Eagles-eligible striker Chuba Akpom… Read More

16 hours ago

Napoli reject first official bid for Galatasaray’s Victor Osimhen amid Arsenal and Man United link

Napoli have turned down an initial €65 million bid from Galatasaray for Victor Osimhen, with… Read More

18 hours ago