{"id":269587,"date":"2024-12-22T22:17:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T22:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/22\/nigeria-boost-hopes-of-first-chan-triumph-over-ghana\/"},"modified":"2024-12-22T22:17:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T22:17:58","slug":"nigeria-boost-hopes-of-first-chan-triumph-over-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/22\/nigeria-boost-hopes-of-first-chan-triumph-over-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Boost Hopes Of First CHAN Triumph Over Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"AFP3229774385054834897547204633897796620826\">\n<p>\n      <span class=\"textresizer__label\">Text size<\/span><br \/>\n      <button id=\"js-textresizer--dec\" aria-label=\"Decrease Text Size\" role=\"button\" value=\"minus symbol\" class=\"textresizer__button textresizer__button--dec\"\/><br \/>\n      <button id=\"js-textresizer--inc\" aria-label=\"Increase Text Size\" role=\"button\" value=\"plus symbol\" class=\"textresizer__button textresizer__button--inc\"\/>\n    <\/p>\n<p>Nigeria drew 0-0 in Ghana on Sunday to boost hopes of a first overall African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying victory against their arch rivals.<\/p>\n<p>The countries have met twice before in two-leg eliminators for a tournament restricted to footballers playing in their country of birth, with Ghana succeeding each time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p>Ghana edged Nigeria 3-2 on aggregate in 2009 and won on penalties after a 2-2 tie when they clashed again in the last edition.<\/p>\n<p>Playing in Accra, Ghana applied early pressure, but the second round, first leg soon developed into a cagey affair fought mainly in midfield with few scoring chances.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria came closest to breaking the deadlock when Abubakar Adamu rattled the woodwork in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>When the home team gained the initiative in the closing stages, Nigeria goalkeeper Henry Ozoemena made several excellent saves.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria will host the return match in southeastern city Uyo on Saturday with a place at the February 1-28 tournament in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, defending champions Senegal took a lead that lasted only six minutes in a 1-1 draw away to Liberia in Paynesville.<\/p>\n<p>Liberia, eliminated from the last two qualifying competitions by Senegal, fell behind on 75 minutes when Seydina Mbaye scored.<\/p>\n<p>Abdullai Bility levelled for the home side to offer a glimmer of hope to the Liberians ahead of the return match.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal, who shocked hosts Algeria in the previous final, are hoping to emulate Morocco and become the second nation to win back-to-back CHAN titles.<\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast built a 2-0 lead over west African neighbours Burkina Faso in Abidjan thanks to Oumar Konate, who netted in each half.<\/p>\n<p>Sudan also won 2-0, away to Ethiopia, to stake a strong claim for a tournament place. Yasir Mozamil scored in the opening half and Moussa Kante deep in added time.<\/p>\n<p>dl\/dj<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Text size Nigeria drew 0-0 in Ghana on Sunday to boost hopes of a first overall African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying victory against their arch rivals. The countries have met twice before in two-leg eliminators for a tournament restricted to footballers playing in their country of birth, with Ghana succeeding each time. Ghana edged Nigeria [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":220119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria Boost Hopes Of First CHAN Triumph Over Ghana - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/22\/nigeria-boost-hopes-of-first-chan-triumph-over-ghana\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria Boost Hopes Of First CHAN Triumph Over Ghana - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Text size Nigeria drew 0-0 in Ghana on Sunday to boost hopes of a first overall African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifying victory against their arch rivals. 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