The Black Starlets of Ghana were humiliated by the male national U17 team of Nigeria in the 2022 WAFU Championship opener on Saturday afternoon.
Ghana commenced their WAFU U17 Championship campaign with a 4-2 defeat to the Golden Eagles of Nigeria in the Group A opener at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium.
The Nigerian U17 dominated both halves of the game with an intense pressure on the back line of the Black Satellites to concede two goals in each half.
Young defender Emmanuel Micheal opened the floodgate for the Nigerian team with a stunning free-kick on the 13th minute of the game.
Ghana conceded once again after the half-hour mark after a schoolboy goalkeeper error from Ahmed Amadu Dembrah.
Lanky striker Precious Williams doubled the lead for the Nigeria U17 side after making a good use of Amadu Dembrah's blunder on the stroke of halftime.
The first half of the game ended in a 2-0 win for Nigeria courtesy goals scored by Emmanuel Michael and Precious Williams.
Back from the break, Nigeria continued their dominance over the Black Starlets to register another goal after just eight minutes of returning from the tunnel.
On the 53rd minute, Jubril Azeez extended the lead for the Golden Eagles of Nigeria with a brilliant strike as his side kept dominating majority of the possession.
Five minutes later, substitute Abdul Razak Salifu reduced the deficit for Ghana with a spectacular strike after drubbing past three Nigeria defenders.
Nigeria restored the three-goal lead on the 78th minute after substitute Light Ike brilliantly slotting in a corner-kick effected by his teammate Emmanuel Michael.
A spot-kick awarded to the Black Starlets was brilliantly converted by skipper Collins Agyemang on the 88th minute but it wasn't enough for the host nation as the ended in a 4-2 win for Nigeria.
Ghana will face Togo in the match-day two of the 2022 WAFU Championship while Nigeria battle out with Niger.
