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| A Nigerian player (left) with a Malian player during their U-17 Championship qualifier in Calabar last year. |
Nigeria’s
Golden Eaglets have qualified for the final match of the 2013 Africa
U-17 Championships after cruising to a 4-2 win over their Tunisian
counterparts.
The Eaglets were quick to scoring as
Kelechi Iheanacho put Nigeria in the lead with just two minutes into the
game. And they quickly doubled the lead ten minutes later when Musa
Yahaya scored. Isaac Success scored the third goal for Nigeria.
Tunisia pulled one back following poor
defending from the Eaglets when Mohamed Larbi scored in the 25th minute.
Soon afterwards, the North Africans reduced the margin when Hazem
Hassen scored and the first half ended at 3-2.
Both sides were very competitive at
resumption of play but it was the Nigerians that hit the net again
through Yahaya in the 58th minute to secure a place in the final.
“We are very happy to qualify for the
final because our aim was to come here and win this trophy and make
Nigerians happy,” Chidera Ezeh said at the post match conference.
“We are happy to be in the final and as
usual, we will be waiting for instructions from our coaches to play
against Ivory Coast in the final.”
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