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Ghana beat Nigeria 1-4 to emerge champions
The Black Stars put up a splendid display to hammer their sworn rivals Nigeria 1-4 to win the 2017 WAFU Cup
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The Black Stars B scored a goal in the first half of the game through Stephen Sarfo, before they added three in the second half to make it 0-4 via Vincent Atingah, Sarfo and Winful Cobbinah, butRabil Ali scored the consolation for Nigeria.
The first half of the game was a close contest and they two had a fair share of the ball possession.
The best opportunity of the day fell the way of Ali Rabil but hit thunderbolt was blocked by Vincent Atingah.
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Nigeria afterwards had two other chances but the Ghanaian defenders did so well to defend gallantly and denied their opponents from the hitting the ball at the back of the net.
Black Stars B also had their own share of the opportunities- Isaac Twum’s shot was saved by the goal Edzenwa.
It was in the course of the ding dong affair between the sides that Stephen Sarfo infront of two defenders of the Super Green Eagles B managed to hit the ball in a world class fashion beyond the reach of the goalie for the opener in the 36 minute.
After the interval it was Nigeria who returned with a renewed spirit and threatened the goal area of Ghana, yet they couldn’t breach the iron clad defence of the Black Stars B.
Maxwell Konadu seeing his side undergo much pressure, replaced Gideon Waja with Patrick Razak. The Hearts of Oak’s speeder’s introduction restored Ghana’s dominance.
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Patrick Razak dribbled a Nigerian defender and he was brought down inside the 18-yard box and Vincent Atingah stepped forward to throw the goalie to the wrong direction for the second goal in the 56 minute.
Razak in the 76 minute made his presence count for the second time when he beat his marker and was fouled in the 18-yard box and the referee once again didn’t hesitate to award the Black Stars B a penalty.
This time it was Stephen Sarfo, who slotted the ball home to register a brace and eventually made him the tournament’s top scorer with four goals.
The Black Stars B who had revenge on their mind scored the fourth goal through defensive blunder. Patrick Razak capitalized on a misunderstanding between the goalie and a defender and set off Winful Cobbinah who struck it home.
Rabuil Ali scored the consolation goal for Nigeria through a well taken free kick in the 5th minute inside added time
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