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- Updated: August 21, 2016
World champions, Nigeria have crushed out of the qualifiers after a shocking 3-1 loss to Niger in Niamey on Saturday saw the latter go through 3-2 on aggregate.
The Nigeriens overturned a lone goal defeat from the first leg in Abuja a fortnight ago to beat their northern neighbours at the Stade Municipal in Niamey, in one of the biggest upsets at the penultimate round of the qualifying rounds in the journey to .
The elimination of the Golden Eaglets comes barely few weeks after their seniors, Flying Eagles (U-20) were ousted from the qualifiers of next year’s continental championship in Zambia, losing to Sudan in Lagos.
Niger went up by the half-hour mark through Sountalma Assoumane before Usman Musa Babololo restored parity just before the break. Sofiane Habibou gave the host the lead again four minutes from recess before another by Abdoul Karim Sanda in stoppage time.
Elsewhere, visiting Ghana escaped elimination by the skin of their teeth after going down 4-1 to Burkina Faso in Ouagadougou. It was so near and yet so far for Les Etalons Cadets coming back from a 5-1 win in the first leg in Cape Coast. It was one-all in the opening half with Eric Ayiah canceling Saifou Diarrassouba’s opener midway. …
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