{"id":419761,"date":"2017-09-18T21:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-18T21:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/18\/wafu-cup-nigeria-beat-ghana-to-reach-semis\/"},"modified":"2017-09-18T21:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T21:00:32","slug":"wafu-cup-nigeria-beat-ghana-to-reach-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/18\/wafu-cup-nigeria-beat-ghana-to-reach-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"WAFU CUP: Nigeria beat Ghana to reach semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday, 18 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-18<\/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\/79162458.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana Nigeria Wafu\" title=\"Ghana Nigeria Wafu\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Nigeria and Ghana have qualified to the semi-final of the tournament<\/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\/1505768432_927_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Super Eagles of Nigeria proved too strong for the Black Stars as second half goals from Okpotu Anthony and Moses Peter saw the Nigerians grab their first win of the 2017 WAFU tournament.<\/p>\n<p>A typical West African game that was rife with hard-tackles, intense rivalry and high tempo ended with Nigeria beating Ghana by two goals.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles had a spirited start to the game, taking the game by the scruff of the neck and probing the Ghanaian defence which was held together by Hearts of Oak\u2019s Vincent Atinga.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars, however, grew into the game and created some decent openings but the front-liners could not make use of the half chances that came their way with Elmina Sharks\u2019 Felix Addo being the chief culprit.<\/p>\n<p>The first half ended with neither side finding the back of the net in a very feisty and physical contest.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles returned strongly from the break and threw all forms of attacks at the Ghanaian team who had lost the midfield battle to the rugged Nigerian midfield.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Maxwell Konadu was forced to make a lot of changes as his injury-ravaged team struggled to cope with the pressure of the Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s continued probing paid off as Anthony Okpotu muscled his way through the Ghanaian defence and struck the ball past Ghana goalkeeper Joseph Addo.<\/p>\n<p>The much-needed cushioning came three minutes later when  Moses Peter fired a thunderous strike past goalkeeper Joseph Addo who had no clue how to deal with the ball.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s quest to get either a consolation or grab the two goals couldn\u2019t materialize due to profligacy on the part of the forwards and also collective defensive work by the Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria and Ghana have qualified to the semi-final of the tournament with 5 points and 6 points respectively<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 58 --><\/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 Monday, 18 September 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-09-18 Nigeria and Ghana have qualified to the semi-final of the tournament &#13; 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