The B team of the senior national team of Nigeria were beaten 0-2 by their Ghanaian counterpart in the first leg of the CHAN qualifiers.
Ghana eliminated Benin in the preliminary round to set up a Jollof derby against bitter rivals Nigeria in the final round of qualifiers. After an even first half the home team made the Nigerians pay for poor defending.
The Black Galaxies of Ghana went in front through Daniel Afriyie Barnie who scored a spot kick in the 48th minute. After the Nigerian defence failed to deal with a routine clearance resulting in panic which led to a handball. Although the call looks very dubious.
Four minutes from time, Seidu Suraj gave Ghana a good advantage with the second goal of the game and hand Ghana a perfect first leg advantage going into the second leg in Abuja on the 3rd of September.
Super Eagles XI: Adeyinka Adewale, Tope Olusesi, Ebube Duru, Samson Gbadebo, Afeez Nosir, Joseph Onoja, Bello Babatunde, Chijioke Akuneto, Andy Okpe, Abubakar Sadiq