CAF U17 AFCON
The West African Football Union (WAFU) zone B Champions, Golden Eaglets of Nigeria are now scheduled to arrive the country on Thursday, 20th September.
The Manu Garba-led team are scheduled to arrive the country on Tuesday after their heroic and superlative performance at the just concluded qualifiers.
The information at our disposal has it that only ten (10) out of the contingent left for Abuja already while the remaining member of the squad will arrive on Thursday.
The airline after being told the numbers of Nigeria’s contingent decided to send small aircraft to convey the eagerly waiting players and officials.
The Eaglets picked the solitary ticket meant for the Zone and are to represent the zone in the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Tanzania next year after missing the last edition.
Golden Eaglets have emerged winners of their WAFU Zone B U17 AFCON qualifiers after defeating Ghana 3-1 on penalties on Saturday.
The Golden Eaglets were forced to begin the opening minutes of the first half trying not to concede at the Ghanians attacked and were rewarded with two corner kicks.
In the encounter, Akin Amoo and OLakunle Olusegun Starred for the Golden Eaglets and almost combined to give Nigeria the lead before the end of the first half.
In the penalty shootout, the Eaglets triumphed 3-1 and will thus join seven other teams to battle for four World Cup slots at the 2019 U-17 AFCON tournament in Tanzania.
The Golden Eaglets netted three kicks but lost one, while the Black Starlets converted only one of their four kicks.
David Ishaya, Samson Tijani and Muhammad Ibrahim scored for Eaglets in the shootout, while Amoo who scored in open play lost his penalty kick.
Golden Eaglets Head Coach Manu Garba has cried out for the compulsory MRI test yet to be conducted with less than one month to the west African Zone B qualifiers in Niger Republic.