Golden Eaglets of Nigeria have
qualified for the final of CAF U-17 African Championship after they
defeated Tunisia 4-2 in the second semi final match played in Marrakech,
Morocco Wednesday.
Three
goals in the first half and another in the second half ensured that the
Eaglets remain in contention for the trophy in the final against Ivory
Coast on Saturday. Eaglets started brightly as Kelechi Iheanacho put
Nigeria in the lead with just two minutes into the game. The Nigerian
youngsters soon doubled their lead ten minutes later with Musa Yahaya
getting the goal for Nigeria. Tunisia were forced to make an early
change when Ben Salem replaced Jbeli in the 20th minute. One minute
later, Golden Boots contender Isaac Success added another to make it
three for Nigeria who have fancied a final against Ivory Coast, who
defeated the Manu Garba led side 1-0 in the group stage.
Eaglets
during a training session at the U-17 tournament in Morocco Tunisia
pulled one back when Mohamed Firas Ben Larbi made good use of a chance
to reduce the score in the 25th minute of play. That goal seemed to have
fired up the North Africans as Hazem Haj Hassen free kick further
narrowed the Eaglet’s lead as the first half ended 3-2. The second half
was more competitive as the Tunisians tried hard to level scores but it
was Nigeria that again found the back of the net in the 58th minute to
seal the Eaglets’ place in the finals where they will face the Baby
elephants of Ivory Coast. The third place match will be played on
Saturday between Morocco and Tunisia
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