Nigeria’s Under-20 football team, the Flying Eagles,
beat their Ghana counterparts 2-0 on Wednesday to
reach the final of the 2015 Africa Under-20 football
championship in Senegal.
Ghana started well, creating chances at will and
denying the Nigerians any space.
However, it was the Flying Eagles who drew first
blood in the 23rd minute through a set piece.
Captain Musa Muhammed whipped in an excellent
corner kick from the left and Obinna Nwobodo did
well to connect with a header when backpedaling
from the goal, exemplifying pin-point accuracy as
the Nigerians took the lead, somewhat against the
run of play.
Nigeria came close to scoring a second moments
later but last-ditch defending saved the day for the
Black Satellites.
Ghana were, however, not going down without a
fight and on the half hour Yaw Yeboah fired in a
brilliant free kick which the Nigeria goalkeeper,
Joshua Enaholo, did well to push away for a corner.
A minute later, Yeboah came even closer to leveling
the scores but his passing shot a from cut back,
which beat Enaholo, clattered against the post.
It was a huge let-off for the Flying Eagles but the
Ghanaians refused to relent and on 35 minutes
Benjamin Tetteh was freed on the left, but the Tufu
Mighty Jets man fired over in shocking fashion.
The two sides continued to trade heavy blows with
Ghana creating but failing to put away the more
clear-cut opportunities.
Muhammed almost doubled Nigeria’s lead a minute
before the break but his free kick from a tight angle
clattered against the post.
Nigeria doubled their lead in the second half through
a Muhammed penalty to add gloss to the result.
Nigeria are now through to Sunday’s final where
they will face the winner of the second semifinal
between Mali and Senegal.
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