{"id":420867,"date":"2017-09-21T21:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-21T21:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/21\/wafu-cup-ghana-to-face-nigeria-in-final\/"},"modified":"2017-09-21T21:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-21T21:00:29","slug":"wafu-cup-ghana-to-face-nigeria-in-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/21\/wafu-cup-ghana-to-face-nigeria-in-final\/","title":{"rendered":"WAFU Cup: Ghana to face Nigeria in final"},"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, 21 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-21<\/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\/35603686.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kizito Wafu\" title=\"Kizito Wafu\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghana will face Nigeria in the WAFU Cup final on Sunday.<\/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\/1506027629_280_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Black Stars of Ghana will face off with the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the grand finale of the 2017 WAFU Cup after beating Niger 2-0 in the semi-final played this evening (Thursday, September 21, 2017).<\/p>\n<p>Two goals from Ghana\u2019s striking pair of Kwame Kizito and Stephen Sarfo ensured that the Stars will have another chance to avenge their 2-0 defeat at the hands of Nigeria.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe finale will come off at the Cape Coast stadium on Sunday, September 24.<\/p>\n<p>In what was a frantic and physical battle, Niger came off the blocks from the blast of the whistle and asked a lot of questions off the Ghanaian defence.<\/p>\n<p>Niger could and should have taken the lead in the opening stages of the game but profligacy on the part of their strikers meant all the decent chances they had went begging with their lead striker Adebayor the most guilty of all.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAs the Niger side wasted their chances, the Black Stars grew into the game and found their rhythm.<\/p>\n<p>Kwame Kizito fired Ghana into the lead when he out-jumped everyone to connect a fine corner kick from Amos Frimpong in the 31st minute of the game. The Stars held onto that lead until the half time whistle.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, Niger attempted to rescue the game and threw more bodies forward which exposed their rearguard badly.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nIn the 79th minute, Ghana put the icing on the cake when Stephen Sarfo pounced on a fine pass from Emmanuel Lomotey to literally seal Ghana\u2019s place in the final on Sunday.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Black Stars will face Nigeria who themselves beat Benin 1-0 in the first semi-final gae played on Thursday.  <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nKano Pillars star Rabiu Ali was the hero as he netted the only goal of the game in the 11th minute to hand his side a spot in Sunday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the press after the game, Ghana coach Maxwell Konadu said his aim is to win the trophy and is not thinking about revenge against Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe went back to do our homework after the game against Nigeria. We worked on set pieces which I felt was our major problem and as you can see we were better today. The game against Nigeria is not going to be a matter of revenge, for us we are only interested in winning and retaining the WAFU trophy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 58 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 Thursday, 21 September 2017 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2017-09-21 Ghana will face Nigeria in the WAFU Cup final on Sunday. &#13; 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