{"id":419484,"date":"2017-09-17T23:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T23:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/17\/wafu-cup-senegal-devour-benin-ivory-coast-on-brink-of-group-stage-exit\/"},"modified":"2017-09-17T23:00:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T23:00:26","slug":"wafu-cup-senegal-devour-benin-ivory-coast-on-brink-of-group-stage-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/17\/wafu-cup-senegal-devour-benin-ivory-coast-on-brink-of-group-stage-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"WAFU Cup: Senegal devour Benin, Ivory Coast on brink of group stage exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday, 17 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-17<\/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\/49741856.295.jpg\" alt=\"Wafu Benin\" title=\"Wafu Benin\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Senegal beat Benin by 4 goals<\/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\/1505689226_283_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Day eight of the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations saw Senegal\u2019s Teranga Lions roar into action after scoring four goals in their Group B win over Benin at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Sunday, September 17.<\/p>\n<p>After suffering a 2-1 loss to Niger in their first Group B game, Senegal bounced back in convincing fashion with goals from Moussa Djitte, Mohamed Kane, Ablaye Diene and Amadou Dia Ndiaye giving them their first three points of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The earlier Group B game on Sunday did not produce as much excitement with a dreary goalless draw between Cote d\u2019Ivoire and Niger \u2013 with both teams extremely poor in the final third.<\/p>\n<p>The results on day eight see Niger topping Group B with four points, followed by Senegal and Benin on three points each while Ivory Coast are last with one point.<\/p>\n<p>Group B are next in action on Tuesday, September 19 when Niger face Benin at the Ndoum Stadium while Senegal are up against Cote d\u2019Ivoire at the Cape Coast Sports stadium \u2013 both games kick-off at 18h00 (GMT).<\/p>\n<p>All is up for grabs in Group B with every team still able to qualify for the semifinals of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Day nine of the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations will see Group A\u2019s final games taking place on Monday, September 18 with Guinea facing Mali at the Ndoum Stadium while Ghana will take on Nigeria at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium \u2013 both games kick-off at 18h00 (GMT)<\/p>\n<p>Ghana have already qualified for the semifinals of the competition while the rest of Group A will battle it out to join them.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 35 updated by: 35 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Sunday, 17 September 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-09-17 Senegal beat Benin by 4 goals &#13; Day eight of the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations saw Senegal\u2019s Teranga Lions roar into action after scoring four goals in their Group B win over Benin at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium on Sunday, September 17. 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