By James Favour
The Golden Eaglets will trade tackles with the Cote d’Ivoire U-17 national team in the semifinals of the WAFU B Zone U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Cup qualifiers on Tuesday the 21st of June 2022.
The Nigerian boys finished top of Group A, which has only three teams, after beating Ghana 4-2 and Togo 3-1 in a show of total dominance.
Cote d’Ivoire, on Saturday, set up a date with the Golden Eaglets despite falling 4-2 to Group B winners Burkina Faso. The Ivorians had earlier been stunned 3-2 by a hard-fighting Benin u-17 team in their opening group match.
But the Baby Elephants regained their composure on matchday two to force a 6-1 humiliation down the throat of the Niger Republic.
But needing only a draw to guarantee second place behind Burkina Faso u-17, Benin were themselves handed a 3-1 spanking by Niger, allowing the Baby Elephants to steal past them into the semifinals.
High-flying Burkina Faso, the only unbeaten team in the competition alongside Nigeria, faces Group A runners-up Ghana in the other semifinal clash.