The Golden Eaglets and Baby Stallions of Burkina Faso settled for a goalless draw in their last game in group B, played at Stade Lycee Scientifique on Saturday evening. NigeriaSoccernet.com reports.
Nigeria piled pressure on the Burkinabes from the first blast of the referee’s whistle, but their opponents were very resolute in the defence, while depending on occasional counter-attacks, which were equally thwarted by the Eaglets, leading to the game remaining scoreless at the end of 90 minutes.
Nigeria's Boluwatife Thompson, who tormented the defence of Burkina Faso with his dribbling runs and high football intelligence was awarded the Man -of- the- Match.
With this result, the Eaglets will file out against the Black Starlets of Ghana in the second semi-final of the tournament slated for Stade Charles Konan Banny on Tuesday, starting 8pm Nigeria time.
Credit: NFF