CHAN Qualifier: Super Eagles lose 0-2 to Ghana
The Super Eagles B team on Sunday succumbed to a 0-2 defeat against hosts Ghana’s Black Galaxies in an African Nations Championship (CHAN) first leg qualifying match at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium, Ghana.
Ghana’s Black Galaxies’ victory leaves them in the driving seat in their seventh CHAN final qualifying fixture.
It was an evenly-balanced first period, during which goalkeeper Adeyinka Adewale quickly redeemed himself after dropping the ball with a Ghanaian forward lurking in the game’s early stages.
However, Daniel Barnieh shot the Galaxies ahead in the 50th minute from the penalty spot as Beninoise referee Issa Mouhamed punished a Nigerian infringement in the 18-yard box.
The Super Eagles fought to get even as the game wore on, to no avail.
They were then open to a sucker punch as Seidu Suraj unleashed a shot from close range that goalkeeper Adewale could only punch into his own net with four minutes left.
The result leaves the Super Eagles B team with work ahead of the return leg, as both teams square off again at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, on Saturday.
(NAN)
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