Another Jollof Derby is upon us as the Golden Eaglets will now do battle with their Ghanaian counterparts, the Black Starlets, for the ticket to this year’s U17 AFCON.
The Golden Eaglets won Group B of the WAFU B U17 AFCON qualifying series as they held Burkina Faso to a scoreless draw today.
Ghana were runners-up in Group A and two years ago as hosts they fell 3-1 to Nigeria in a third-place playoffs.
Tuesday’s showdown will kick off 8pm.
Winners of this semifinal between the two eternal rivals will march on to the final of the tournament, where the finalists will punch their tickets to the U17 AFCON proper.
In today’s final Group B match, Nigeria took the game to Burkina Faso, who defended with their lives for the contest to finish without any goals and for the Golden Eaglets to finish top of the standings having score more goals than the Burkinabes.
