By Daily Sports on April 28, 2019
Nigeria National Under-17 Male Football Team on Saturday lost to their Agolan counterparts 2-1 at the 2019 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Tanzania.
In their Match Day 3 fixtures played at the Chamazi Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Nigeria faced Angola on their second meeting at the 2019 CAF; U-17 Africa Cup of Nations, in the third place play-off.
The Angola team starts the opening match with Osvaldo Capemba opened scoring at the 28 minutes of the first half.
Nigeria team translated their dominance to the required goals within two minutes with Wisdom Ubani’s equaliser making the point draw at half hour.
The game changer, Zito Luvumbo of Angola scored the second goal for the Angolans at the 49 minutes.
On the resumption of the second half, Porfirio Abrantes was sent off for Angola, but the Nigerians lads failed to break down their resolute opponents and thus settled for a fourth place reward.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the names of leading scorers in the ongoing championship are Osvaldo Pedro Campemba of Angolan with four goals, Wisdom Ubani with three goals, while (Tawfix Bentajebs of Morroco, Edmund Godfrey of Tanzania, and Akinkunmi Amoo of Nigeria have two goals each.
NAN further reports that the competition continues on Sunday with Guinea trading tackles with Cameroon in the final match of the championship.
The Eaglets may have been knocked out of the championship, but the four countries, including Nigeria, which played the semi-finals have automatically qualified to participate in the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil. (NAN)
•Photo shows Golden Eaglets
Source Daily Sports
Posted April 28, 2019
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