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Punch Newspapers Sections Kelvin Ekerete  Football fans have expressed dismay at the performance of the Golden Eaglets at the ongoing WAFU B Championship in Lome, Togo. The Nigerian U-17 team booked a spot in the semi-final of the championship after Ivory Coast defeated Ghana’s Black Starlets 3-1 in Group B’s final game. Five-time world champions Eaglets ended the group stage with one point, the same as Ghana, but advanced on superior goals aggregate. Fatai Amoo’s side, who have yet to win a game at the tourney, play Burkina Faso in the semi-finals on Friday. A win will see them qualif...

Punch Newspapers Sections ’Tosin Oluwalowo The Golden Eaglets on Tuesday qualified for the semi-finals of the WAFU B U-17 Tournament, thanks to Ivory Coast, who defeated Ghana 3-1 in their final Group B match at the Stade Municipal, Lome, Togo. Ghana’s loss meant they finished bottom of the group with one point, same as Nigeria, but with inferior goals difference, while Ivory Coast topped the group with maximum six points from two games in the pool that had only three countries. Five-time world champions Eaglets will play Group A winners Burkina Faso in the semi-finals on Friday, with the...

Coach Fatai Amoo giving instruction to the Golden Eagles during their training in Togo The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria ‘sneaked’ into the last four of the African U-17 tournament yesterday, no thanks to the Baby Elephants of Ivory Coast, who defeated the Black Starlets of Ghana 3-1 in their last Group B in Togo. The Nigerian team, led by coach Fatai Amoo, had put themselves in tight corner by losing 0-1 to Cote d’Ivoire in their first game before playing 1-1 with Ghana. Since then, many football-loving Nigerians began to pray for the Baby Elephants to beat Ghana with a two-goal margin. T...

The Golden Eaglets have miraculously progressed to the semi-finals without a win in their two games.

“I’m not happy with the U17 performance; we have goalscoring problems," Lippert told Atinka Sports. "We don’t have the kind of strikers who are real strikers but all in all the referee decided this match. Sorry to say this. “This was really obvious and there is a lot of things to do. This team didn’t present itself as a team but we still have four or five prospects in the team. “We have to discuss the performance of the team at the Executive Committee level." Ghana's inability to reach the last four means they lost every chance of finishing among the top two to qualify for the Afr...