Nigeria will begin the defence of their WAFU B U-20 Championship title against arch-rivals Ghana in a repeat of the last edition’s final in Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast, on Monday (today), PUNCH Sports Extra reports.
The Flying Eagles defeated the Black Satellites 2-1 in the 2024 final at the Stade de Kégué in Lomé, Togo, to successfully retain the title they first won in Niamey in 2022. Isa Ladan Bosso guided Nigeria to the 2022 triumph, while Aliyu Zubairu led the team to a successful title defence two years later.
Monday’s encounter will mark the first competitive game in charge for new head coach Abdu Maikaba, a former assistant coach of the Flying Eagles, who is targeting a winning start to Nigeria’s title defence.
“We are going for an outright victory against Ghana because our objective is to retain the trophy and we have to start winning our matches from Day
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