WAFU B U17: Golden Eaglets Lose Final Match Against Cote d’Ivoire

Golden Eaglets approached a thrilling return of three goals down before losing 2-3 to their Ivorian counterparts in Monday night’s final of the WAFU Under-17 Cup Tournament in the Togolese capital, Lome.

Nigeria U17 Boys, who had won all their previous three games in the tournament (1-0 over Nigeria; 3-1 over Ghana and; 1-0 over the Niger Republic), raced to a 1-0 first-half lead and then added two more before the 70^th minute, leaving five-time world champions Nigeria crestfallen and looking out of sorts at the Stade Kegue.

But, the Eaglets made a run for it and scored two quick goals late in the game to earn a respectable result, as both teams proudly picked tickets to the 2021 Africa U17 Cup of Nations holding in Morocco 13^th -31^st March.

Earlier this evening, of course, Burkina Faso’s Baby Etalons, who lost 0-1 to Nigeria in the semi-finals, grabbed the tournament’s bronze medals after an 11-10 penalty shoot-out win over the Niger Republic following 1-1 draw in the classification match.

The Golden Eaglets’ contingent is expected back in Nigeria on Tuesday.