The Nigeria U-17 team emerged as the champions of the regional WAFU B U-17 tournament on Friday evening in Cape Coast after beating their counterparts from Burkina Faso 2-1 in the final match.
Abubakar Abdullahi scored a brace to ensure the Eaglets replicated the feat achieved by the country’s U-20 team, the Flying Eagles, about a month ago when they conquered the region during the qualifiers in Niamey, Niger Republic.
Having both finished as the top teams in their respective groups, the Nigeria- Burkina Faso final was a perfect match to determine who was the overall best.
Interestingly, it was the Young Etalons that dominated the early proceedings and almost took an early lead in the fifth minute but were denied by smart goalkeeping by the Golden Eaglets’ number one Richard Odoh.
However, as the Eaglets settled into the game, they began to weave out chances of their own and they didn’t have to wait for too long when Abubakar headed in a good…
