CHAN Qualifiers: Benefit Nigeria as Eagles maintain Ghana In Accra

The Nigeria/Ghana last qualifying fixture within the race to subsequent yr’s African Nations Championship remains to be delicately poised, following the scoreless draw within the first leg performed on the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday.

Ghana’s Black Galaxies dominated the primary interval with a string of alternatives, however they discovered the Super Eagles’ rearguard marshalled by Captain Nduka Junior impenetrable.

Stephen Amankwoo discovered a leeway by means of the Eagles’ defence within the fifteenth minute solely to see his rising shot go inches huge of Henry Ozoemena’s goal-post.

Sikiru Alimi’s free-kick, with a minute to half time, additionally went over the sticks as the sport turned a ding-dong affair between the regional powerhouses.

The scoreless affair is one of the best end result Nigeria have earned in opposition to Ghana away in any qualifying contest for the African Nations Championship, with the Eagles shedding 2-3 to their hosts in 2008 after which getting spanked by two objectives in 2022.

Both groups now sit up for the second leg of the fixture, set for the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Saturday, with the winner on combination to signify WAFU B on the biennial championship reserved solely for skilled footballers plying their commerce of their nation’s home leagues.

The eighth instalment of the African Nations Championship can be hosted by Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, 1st – twenty eighth February 2025.