WAFU U-20 Championship: Flying Eagles Fall To Burkina Faso In Opening Fixture

Holders Flying Eagles of Nigeria started their campaign at the 2024 WAFU B U-20 Championship on a losing note, going down to a 1-0 defeat against Burkina Faso.

Aliyu Zubairu’s side put up a shambolic display in the encounter played at the Stade Municipal, Lome .

The Flying Eagles were lucky not to concede in the first half with goalkeeper Nathanial Nwosu pulling off a big save to keep the scores even.

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Fandino Abib Coulibaly however scored the winning goal for Burkina Faso four minutes before the hour mark.

The Nigerian boys now need to win their last group game against Cote d’Ivoire to have any chance of progressing to the semi-finals.

The encounter against the Ivorians will hold at the Stade Municipal next week Thursday.

Burkina Faso will next play Cote d’Ivoire in their second Group B match on Monday.

By Adeboye Amosu