Nigeria Eaglets qualify through to CAN U-17 final

Nigeria's Golden Eaglets have reached the final of the African Under-17 Championship (CAN U-17) after defeating Tunisia 4-2 in Marrakech in the semifinals on Wednesday.

Kelechi Iheanacho opened score when he slipped the ball past Tunisia goalkeeper, Hamza Ben Chrifia, after a great pass from midfield just two minutes into the game.

On 21 minutes, tournament leading scorer, Isaac Success and Musa Yahaya combined well for the latter to score Nigeria's second goal.

Four minutes later, Success benefited from poor defending by the Tunisians to side-foot home for Nigeria's third goal on the day.

In the space of five minutes, the Tunisians scored two quickfire goals through Mohamed Firas Ben Larbi and Hazem Haj Hassen on the 25th and 30th minute respectively.

The North Africans nearly levelled the game when Nigeria goalkeeper, Adeyinka Adewale gifted the ball away in his area before captain Mohammed Musa cleared off the line.

In the restart, Iheanacho missed a scoring chance to put Nigeria in front.

But 13 minutes into the second half, winger Yahaya got his second of the game and gave Nigeria a two-goal cushion.

Yahaya took the ball out from the left channel before teasing his way past Marouane Sahraoui and then finished off with a curling effort.

Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire will now face off in the final of the tournament at the Stade de Marrakech on Saturday. Supersports

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