This was after they edged out Mali 2-1 in the play-off in Annaba, Algeria on Thursday night to finish third.
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Nigeria’s hope of a third AFCON title and qualification to the FIFA World Cup was thwarted following the defeat.
Some of them who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the players played the game with fear and conceded first.
Nigeria need to avoid defeat against the South Africans to affirm their place in the their Group B.
Guinea’s national under-17 male football team on Sunday lost 3-5 after penalty kicks to their Cameroonian counterparts in a pulsating final match at the Africa Under-17 Nations Cup competition.
Nigeria National Under-17 Male Football Team on Saturday lost to their Agolan counterparts 2-1 at the 2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Tanzania.
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets will battle their Group opponents, Angola, in the third placed match at the ongoing AFCON U17 on Sunday.
Guinea and Nigeria battled out a scoreless 90 minutes in the first semi final of the 13th Africa U17 Cup of Nations in Tanzania, before a marathon penalty shootout that ended when Ogaga Oduko heaved his effort sky-high to send the Junior Syli Nationale into Sunday’s final.
Two-time champions Nigeria and West African rivals Guinea clash at the National Stadium, Dar es Salaam on Wednesday afternoon in what is a much-anticipated first semifinal of the ongoing Africa U17 Cup of Nations.
Two-time champions Nigeria finished as winners of Group A of the ongoing Africa U17 Cup of Nations in Tanzania after forcing Uganda to a 1-1 draw at the Chamazi Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Saturday.
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets, two-times African champions, on Saturday finished as winners of Group A at the ongoing Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Tanzania.
Cameroon’s national under-17 male football team on Thursday beat their Moroccan counterparts 2-1 to stay atop Group B at the 2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Dar es Salaam.
Five-time champions Nigeria will guarantee a return to the FIFA U17 World Cup finals if they overcome Angola’s U17 squad in their second match at the Africa U17 Cup of Nations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Wednesday.
Cameroon’s national under-17 male football team on Monday beat their Guinean counterparts 2-0 to lead Group B of the 2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations holding inTanzania.
Nigeria U17s are drawn against Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire and Benin Republic in Group B of the U17 AFCON zonal qualifiers in Niger, which starts on September 2.
The Eaglets will thus have to first slug it out of their West African zone, which has dominated this age-grade with the likes of Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire even holding their own at the world stage.