Côte d’Ivoire have edged Nigeria by a narrow 1-0 win at the University of Ghana Stadium to emerge champions of the 2025 WAFU Zone B U-20 Championship
The two sides approached the game with so much dedication and exhibited a high level football and were all focused on nothing but winning the ultimate
After brawling against each other and attacking with so much intent and purposes, both teams headed into half time of the game with no goal to either side
However, just and when many thought the game was heading to penalty shootouts, Tindano Zakaria pounced on a huge goalkeeping clanger to strike into the net from a close range in the 92nd minute to win it for the Young Elephants
The Flying Eagles fought so hard in search of the equalizer in the last two minutes of the additional time but all proved futile as it finished 1-0 after full-time
