The Black Satellites on Ghana were handed a reality check by the flying Eagles of Nigeria in the opening game at the WAFU Zone B U-20 Nations Cup at the Stade GSK in Niamey on Sunday afternoon.
Nigeria started the game on the front foot and quickly took the lead in the 5th minute after a slow start from the Ghanaians.
Aminu Muhammad did not waste time as he shot Nigeria into the lead with a well taken strike.
Ghana huffed and puffed for the equalizer but the Nigerians were fully in control of the game as they dominated the midfield.
The Nigerian goalkeeper had a field day as Ghana could barely construct any meaningful attack.
Captain Zubairu Ibrahim sent a freekick goal wards but it was tipped wide by the Nigeria goalie with a flying save after the ball took a deflection.
The first half ended 1-0 in favour of the Flying Eagles of Nigeria as Ghana failed to snatch an equalizer.
After recess Nigeria looked like the team who could score again with a lots of counter breaks despite Ghana threatening sporadically.
The closest Ghana went was when the Nigeria goalie spilled a corner kick but it was cleared as the Ghana team protested for a hand ball but the referee waved away the appeals.
Nigeria wrapped up the game with substitute Ahmed Abdullahi cutting in from the right and sending a deflected shot into the goal in the 78th minute to make it 2-0.
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