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Nigeria has secured their place in the U20 WAFU B Championship semi-final, snatch a come back victory against Côté d’Ivoire to savez their campaign.

Nigeria will take on Cote d’Ivoire today in their final group game of the WAFU B U-20 Championship, needing a win to keep their tournament hopes alive.

Nigeria began their U20 WAFU Zone B title defence on a disappointing note, suffering a 1-0 defeat to Burkina Faso at the Stade Municipal in Lome, Togo.

WAFU Zone B U20 Championship winning goalkeeper, Nathaniel Nwosu described former Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech as his boyhood hero.

Ghana’s opening day defeat to Nigeria in the U20 WAFU B Championship was a hard lesson learnt, head Coach Abdul-Karim Zito admits, but dismissed suggestions that a comeback is near impossible.