{"id":418560,"date":"2017-09-15T02:30:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T02:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-nigeria-coach-salisu-yusuf-talks-ghana-nigeria-rivalry\/"},"modified":"2017-09-15T02:30:36","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T02:30:36","slug":"wafu-cup-nigeria-coach-salisu-yusuf-talks-ghana-nigeria-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/15\/wafu-cup-nigeria-coach-salisu-yusuf-talks-ghana-nigeria-rivalry\/","title":{"rendered":"WAFU Cup: Nigeria Coach Salisu Yusuf talks Ghana-Nigeria rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Thursday, 14 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-14<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/51012993.295.jpg\" alt=\"Salisu Yusuf\" title=\"Salisu Yusuf\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Salisu Yusuf<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1505442636_105_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Head Coach of the home-based Super Eagles Salisu Yusuf has admitted that the big rivalry between Nigeria and Ghana has increased the stake for the meeting between the two countries at the WAFU Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana and Nigeria find themselves in group A together with Mali and Guinea.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria set up the tie with Ghana after a 2-0 win over Sierra Leone at the Cape Coast Stadium on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Yusuf has promised that his players will be up for the Black Stars challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you talk about a football match between Nigeria and Ghana, it is at a different level,\u201d Yusuf said in a Nigeria Football Federation press release on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether it is a Cup final or a friendly match, both teams give their very best. That is what we are going to do on Thursday, and I am sure the Ghanaians will come to the party with the same mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe victory over Sierra Leone was good for the team. Psychologically, we are now attuned to going all out in every game as we aim to go all the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is 66 years now that Nigeria and Ghana first clashed in a football match at national team level, with the Nigerians winning 5-0 in a Jalco Cup match in Lagos on 20th October 1951.<\/p>\n<p>Since then there have been high-profile clashes between the two countries at all levels.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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