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2022 WAFU B U-17 tourney: Golden Eaglets beat Hosts Ghana 4-2

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria got their 2022 WAFU B U-17 tournament to a perfect start, after defeating hosts Ghana 4-2 in their Group A opener in Cape Coast stadium on Saturday, Completesports.com reports.

Emmanuel Michael, Precious Williams, Jubril Azeez and Light Ike were the scorers for the Golden Eaglets while Abdul Razak Salifu and Collins Agyemang scored for Ghana.

Michael opened scoring for the Eaglets in the 12th minute off a brilliant free-kick before Williams made it 2-0 on 43 minutes.

In the 53rd minute Azeez got on the score sheet to make it 3-1 before Salifu pulled a goal back for Ghana on 58 minutes.

With 12 minutes left Ike added the fourth goal but Agyemang scored from the penalty spot to end the tie 4-2.

The Eaglets’ next group game is against Togo on Tuesday, 14 June, with a draw enough to take them through to the semi-finals.

Games in Group A will kickoff tomorrow (Sunday) with Côte d’Ivoire taking on Benin Republic and Burkina Faso facing Niger Republic.

The two teams that make it to the final of the WAFU B tournament will qualify for the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Algeria.

And the top four teams at the U-17 AFCON tournament will qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru as the CAF representatives.

Idoko Dennis

Idoko Dennis is a creative videographer/drone pilot and sport writer. He heads the sport desk and deputizes the head of Idoma TV

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