The Nigeria/Ghana last qualifying fixture within the race to subsequent yr’s African Nations Championship continues to be delicately poised, following the scoreless draw within the first leg performed on the Accra Sports activities Stadium on Sunday.
Ghana’s Black Galaxies dominated the primary interval with a string of alternatives, however they discovered the Tremendous Eagles’ rearguard marshalled by Captain Nduka Junior impenetrable.
Stephen Amankwoo discovered a leeway by way of the Eagles’ defence within the fifteenth minute solely to see his rising shot go inches extensive of Henry Ozoemena’s goal-post.
Sikiru Alimi’s free-kick, with a minute to half time, additionally went over the sticks as the sport turned a ding-dong affair between the regional powerhouses.
The scoreless affair is the perfect end result Nigeria have earned towards Ghana away in any qualifying contest for the African Nations Championship, with the Eagles dropping 2-3 to their hosts in 2008 after which getting spanked by two objectives in 2022.
Each groups now stay up for the second leg of the fixture, set for the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Saturday, with the winner on combination to signify WAFU B on the biennial championship reserved completely for skilled footballers plying their commerce of their nation’s home leagues.
The eighth instalment of the African Nations Championship shall be hosted by Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, 1st – twenty eighth February 2025.
