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Evans Odour
The Nigeria U23 team, will have to go past Burkina Faso so as to make it to the finals of the men football event at the ongoing All Africa Games in Congo.
Burkina Faso’s U23 emerged as the semi-final opponents for Nigeria after a lucky winning drawing of lots, on Monday which saw them becoming the runners up in Group A ahead of Sudan.
Both Burkina Faso and Sudan had scored and conceded similar number goals in their first two Group A outings before playing a goalless draw in their final tie on Sunday, to finish perfectly level on four points apiece, two adrift of hosts and group leaders Congo.
The stage is now set for the Young Stallions to battle Nigeria for a spot in the final this afternoon , while hosts, Congo, would be facing Senegal in the other semi-final the same day.
Meanwhile, The Ghanaian women will face Ivory Coast in the semi-final while Nigeria and Cameroon will tango in the other semi-final pairing.
Ghana and South were tied on points, goal scored and conceded before the lots were used to pick one of the two countries.



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