Wafu Cup hit by withdrawals

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Nigeria coach Samson Siasia

Nigeria coach Samson Siasia is also in charge of his country’s Wafu Cup team

Nigeria began the defence of their Wafu Cup title with a 1-0 win over Liberia.

The match had to be hastily rearranged following the last-minute withdrawals of Mali and Senegal from the West African regional championship.

Hosts Nigeria had been due to play Mali in the Group A opener and the change meant that Niger had a rest day.

Ekighio Ehiosun, who plays for Nigerian side Warri Wolves, scored the only goal of the game for coach Samson Siasia’s team of locally-based players.

No official reason has been given for the withdrawals by Senegal or Mali.

The absence of Senegal means that Group B has also been reduced to three teams – The Gambia, Togo and Ghana.

The organisers have revised the timetable of games and Friday will now be a rest day.

The next matches will be on Saturday with Nigeria playing Niger and Togo up against Ghana.

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