Côte d’Ivoire did Nigeria a huge favour yesterday as the Baby Elephants defeated Ghana’s Black Starlets 3-1 to pave way for the Golden Eaglets to progress to the semi finals of the WAFU B Under-17 Tournament in Lomé, Togo.
After Eaglets were defeated 1-0 in their opening game and were held 1-1 by Ghana, Nigeria’s dream of qualifying for the last four stage became dimmed.
Nigeria therefore needed the Ivorians to defeat Ghana by 2-0 to give Eaglets the lifeline to semis.
The Baby Elephants did just that in style inside the Stade Municipal in Lomé, sending the Ghanaians home with a 3-1 final scoreline.
