Miracle, they say never end. Having escaped a sudden departure from the tournament with a hair’s following the defeat of Ghana’s Black starlet by the Ivorian’s, which left the Ghanaians in at the bottom of their group with one point, the Nigeria U-17 team defeated Burkina Faso 1-0 to qualify for the final of WAFU zone B tournament. They had drew their match with Ghana, hoping that Cote d-Ivore’s Little Elephants defeated Ghana to salvage a point ahead of the starlets, having lost their opening game with the former. That was what happened and then they went into the game with the Little Stallions with high hopes
In so doing, the team also picked a ticket for the Africa Cup of Nations for the U-17 scheduled to hold later this year in Morocco. This is a first major breakthrough for Nigerian football whose teams in international competitions have piled up a series of bad results.
Nigeria’s lone goal was scored in the 77th minute by Michael Emmanuel Papo. The team will play the final match against the winner of Cote d’Ivoire and Niger Republic which will hold later on Friday evening.
