Ghana Beat Niger to Set up WAFU Cup Final Vs Nigeria

It’s going to be a familiar affair in the final of the 2017 West Africa Football Union (WAFU) Cup of Nations as Nigeria home-based Super Eagles will face hosts Ghana after the Black Stars ed
ged Niger Republic 2-0 in the second semi-final on Thursday night.

A goal in either half by Kwame Kizito and Stephen Sarfo secured the win for Ghana against Niger and a place in the final on Sunday in Cape Coast where they take on fierce rivals Nigeria.
Kizito gave them the lead in the 31st minute after heading in a corner, and Sarfo made it 2-0 in the 78th minute by finishing off a cross with a tap-in.

Earlier on Thursday, Nigeria pipped 10-man Benin Republic 1-0 to book a place in the showpiece final, thanks to an 11th minute goal from Kano Pillars’ Rabiu Ali.

It was the second time in a month that the Eagles would be stopping the Squirrels after Salisu Yusuf’s boys edged their West African neighbours 2-1 on aggregates, to book a place in the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN).

The immediate history between both sides favours Nigeria as the home-based Eagles beat Ghana 2-0 when the two finalists met earlier in the tournament in their final Group A game on Monday.

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