African champions, Super Falcons, have been drawn in Group B alongside their eternal rivals, Black Stars, ahead of the West Africa Football Union women’s tournament in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Golden Eaglets coach, Manu Garba, has protested against the new mode of qualification for the African U-17 Championship.
Ruth David, Head of Women Football Unit in the Nigeria Football Federation, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
The LMC Chairman, Shehu Dikko, who was at the finals on Sunday, said he was impressed by the fight in the players that saw them come from the brink of ouster at the group stage to reach the finals.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that it was another tale of stalemate for Nigeria as they played out a 0-0 draw with Guinea in tightly contested game at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Saturday.
According to a statement by the Media and Communications Department of the NFF, the new fixtures indicate that Nigeria’s Super Eagles would no longer be facing Ghana on Thursday.
In the event, the Nigerian camp has now been informed that instead of playing the Black Stars of Ghana on Thursday, as it was in the original fixtures, the Super Eagles will now play Mali’s Aiglons in the day’s first match kicking off at 3pm Ghana time (4pm Nigeria time).
The 28-year-old was the Man of the Match in Nigeria’s 2-0 win over Sierra Leone at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Monday night.