Ghana U20 coach Sellas Tetteh has hailed Nigeria's U20 side for defeating the Black Satellites in a friendly on Wednesday as the two sides prepare for the Africa Youth Championship.
Tetteh, who is the only African coach to have won the U20 World Cup, gave his ringing endorsement of the Flying Eagles showing in the two friendlies played over the past six days.
The first test match between the two 2015 African Youth Championship-bound teams ended 2-2 in Accra on Monday.
Like it was in the first match, Wednesday’s match was one of two halves – the Ghana Black Satellites dominated the first half and the Flying Eagles bossed the second half to make the most of their chances and win the game.
Skipper Musa Muhammed put away a penalty in the 70th minute after a Ghana defender handled the ball inside his box.
Substitute Ifeanyi Matthew doubled the Flying Eagles lead in stoppage time, when he finished off a flowing attack with a powerful shot from the top of the box.
Tetteh said the Flying Eagles are a very good team who gave his team a very good test.
“They are a compact team who showed very good understanding, meaning they have been playing together for some time now. It was good to play against such a team,” he said.
“But despite the fact that we lost, we also gave a good account of ourselves as we finalise our preparations for the championship.”
Ghana will travel to Turkey to prepare for the competition.