The hope of Nigeria ending a 46-year wait for a gold medal in the men’s football event at the African Games was dashed on Friday by Burkina Faso.
The hope of Nigeria ending a 46-year wait for a gold medal in the men’s football event at theNigeria’s U-20 men’s team, the Flying Eagles, were beaten 2-0 by their Burkinabe counterparts at the Boubker Aamar Stadium, the same venue where the Falconets battled to gold against Cameroon.
That, however, was not the case as two goals in the first half condemned Nigeria to another silver medal. The Flying Eagles failed to find their way back into the game and thus settled for a silver medal for the third time after those of Algiers 1978 and Abuja 2003.
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