Nigeria will face Burkina Faso in the final match of the competition today at the Cape Coast Stadium, Ghana.
“We are going to the final game and we face Burkina Faso, a team that has won all four of its games in this competition. We’ve also won all three of our games here, but we need to win the fourth and final game to win the trophy. Let us not allow Burkina Faso to play five games and win all five games. We must work hard to win all four of our games here and be the only undefeated team in the tournament,” Ugbade told the Golden Eaglets at a training session in Cape Coast on Wednesday.
Ugbade and the Eaglets have drawn rave reviews so far in the WAFU B U17 Championship, after scoring 10 goals in their three matches while conceding just four, as left-back Emmanuel Michael picked up the Man of the Match award. in each one of them. all three games.
While Nigeria did business in a three-team Group A that also included hosts Ghana and Togo, Burkina Faso was in the four-team Group that included the Republic of Niger, Ivory Coast and the Republic of Benin. The Young Etalons dominated them all, then edged out three-time world champions Ghana 1-0 in the second semi-final on Tuesday to set up a potentially explosive final with the Golden Eaglets.
Dead-ball revelation Emmanuel Michael will be the center of attention at the Cape Coast Stadium on Friday night, having scored three goals from free kicks for Nigeria in this tournament. The match starts at 6:30 pm Ghana time (7:30 pm Nigeria time).
Nigeria and Burkina Faso have already qualified for the African U-17 Championship, which Algeria will host next year, and from which the African flag bearers will emerge for next year’s FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru.
Victory tonight will mean that Nigeria have swept youth football in the seven-nation WAFU B in one month, with the U-20 Boys (Flying Eagles) winning the WAFU B U-20 Championship in the Republic of Niger last month. past.