The Super Eagles B arrived really close but eventually misplaced out on penalties after a flaming fight with the Black Galaxies of Ghana ended in penalty shoout-out heartache at the MKO Abiola Countrywide Stadium, Abuja on Saturday evening.
Ghana won the first leg in Cape Coastline 2- courtesy of a penalty kick award early in the second half and a late target scored on the counter, and opted for a incorporate-and-counter strategy in Nigeria’s administrative funds. The approach worked for substantial swathes of an face dominated by the Eagles B, but two nicely-taken 2nd 50 percent objectives by Muhammed Zulkifilu and Chijioke Akuneto drew the fixture degree and intended the lottery of penalties would make a decision the winner.
Substitute Morice Chukwu crashed his kick, Nigera’s 3rd, against the crossbar in the shootout to hand Ghana the ticket to be at up coming year’s 7th African Nations Championship finals. He was the only 1 who failed to score from the place as Ghana gained 5-4.
Nigeria made a hatful of possibilities in a ferocious very first 50 %, but Babatunde Bello’s lengthy-range pictures possibly unsuccessful to uncover concentrate on or were punched away by goalkeeper Ibrahim Danladi, and cost-free headers introduced to Valentine Odoh and Zulkifilu had been squandered.
The introduction of Akuneto in the 2nd half introduced a lot more urgency to Nigeria’s video game, and the Eagles B shot forward in the 77th moment immediately after Zulkifilu related residence gloriously from a pull-out.
With the seconds working out, in the fourth minute of time-extra-on, Akuneto powered household after a corner kick was flicked into his path by Samuel Amadi.