Nigeria beat Ghana in the third-place playoff game at the ongoing WAFU B U-17 Cup of Nations qualifiers on Tuesday, May 28.
The Golden Eaglets scored in the dying minutes of the game to hand the Black Starlets their second defeat of the competition to finish third.
Nigeria opened the scoring in the game capitalising on an error from Michael Armah, who spilt the ball after a first attempt to catch it.
Ghana struck immediately as Harve Gbafa rose highest to head home Benjamin Tsivanyo's cross from a corner kick to make it 1-1.
Gbafa put the Starlets in the lead for the first time in the game after a sumptuous flick from a Mark Kagawa Mensah cross to make it 2-1.
Harve Gbafa with a sumptuous flick to give Ghana a 2-1 lead against Nigeria in the WAFU B U17 Cup of Nations third place playoff match.
— #JoySports (@JoySportsGH) May 28, 2024
The center back also scored the equaliser for the Black Starlets.#JoySports pic.twitter.com/ur3GcA41Wm
However, the Eaglets were right back in the game just before the break.
With the score 2-2 after the break, both teams, determined for the win,went all out.
Ghana had chances to but the game the reach of the Nigerians but Joseph Narbi fluffed his lines keeping the score unchanged.
With just a minute away from full time, the Eaglets broke the hearts of the Ghanaians scoring a late winner to hand them defeat at the Univeristy of Ghana Stadium.
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