Medeama Striker Tahiru Awudu was the hero as Ghana U20 secured a 2-1 win in their first game in the 2019 All African Games on Saturday.

The 19-year-old scored the goals in the first half to hand the West African giants the victory at the Stade Municipal El Manssouria.

The predatory striker opened the scoring in the 16th minute with a sublime finish before adding to his tally five minutes later.

Burundi got back into the game with a goal and could have shared the spoils after their second goal was disallowed.

Coach Yaw Preko’s side looked the most threatening side with Tahiru Awudu leading the lines for the Black Satellites.

The hugely-talented prodigy underlined his immense potential with an enviable work rate in Rabat to win over the fans.

Medeama defender Philip Osei marshaled the left-back with aplomb and will enter their second game with a renewed confidence.

The Black Satellites will battle Senegal in their next game on Wednesday before facing off Mali in their final Group B game on August 24.

Ghana’s XI against Burundi

Ibrahim Danlad, Phillip Osei, Haruna Abubakar, Najeed Yakubu, Ibrahim Sulley, Isaac Gyamfi, Emmanuel Toku, Kwadwo Opoku, Daniel Adjetey, Elvis Kyei Baffour and Awudu Tahiru.



Source: Medeamasc.com 

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Madagascar moved a step closer to a historic qualification to the knockout stages of the 2019 Total Africa Cup of Nations after they defeated fellow debutants Burundi 1-0 at the Alexandria Stadium on Thursday.

Madagascar raised their tally to four points go second of Group B two points shy from leader Nigeria and move to the brink of reaching the eighth-finals in their first ever AFCON appearance.

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Nigeria secured a narrow 1-0 win against newcomers Burundi in their first game of the 2019 AFCON thanks to Odion Ighalo’s late strike.

Burundi were composed and organized in the first few minutes of the game and forced Nigeria to work hard to keep the ball.

Mikel had the opportunity to put the Super Eagles in front but his header from the corner was way wide.

Nsabiyumva also came close to scoring for Burundi but was unlucky as his header glanced the crossbar.

Nigeria dominated the first half but couldn’t find a way to break the Burundi defence, the first half ended goallessly.

Nigeria continued to press in the second half but couldn’t find the breakthrough until Ighalo came on for Onachu and made an instant impact with a goal in the 77th minute.

The Super Eagles controlled the game until full time.

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The Eleven players were made up of outstanding talents from Burundi, Mali, Senegal, Nigeria, South Africa and Niger. Youssouph Dabo was named coach of the tournament.

Here’s the Best XI of the #TotalAFCONU20 pic.twitter.com/iUPYJuZyry

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Nigeria and South Africa will join Senegal in the semis, all three teams have also qualified for the U2O World Cup that will take place in Poland between May and June.

Niger sneaked a win against host Nation on Friday to secure their qualification spot. South Africa did enough against Burundi to join Nigeria in the semi-finals.



Ghana will face Mali on Saturday as both teams will also fight to qualify for the semis.

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Reports reveal that the game was rescheduled due to problems with the floodlights at the venue, organizers can’t seem to have an immediate solution to the problem and that is why the teams will play tomorrow at 16:30.

VIDEO: Nigeria beat Burundi, Niger held by South Africa in the CAF U20 AFCON

The decision will not affect the first match of the group as Senegal were scheduled to take on Mali at 16:30.

The U20 AFCON kicked off yesterday, Nigeria beat Burundi while Niger were held by South Africa in their respective opening games.

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The first game kicked off in Niamey, Boubacar Goumey’s wonder strike gave Niger the lead in the 63rd minute.  Abdoul Kairou dribbled past his marker to set the goal for Boubacar who thumped in the pass to send the host in front. Siphesihle Mkhize grabbed the equalizer for South Africa eight minutes after the opening goal, he connected with Ngcobo’s cross and head the ball pass goalkeeper Khaled Ibrahim to secure a point for his team.

Nigeria overcame stubborn Burundi in the second game. Burundi held Nigeria in the first 45 minutes, goalkeeper Rukundu kept Burundi in the game after making crucial saves to deny Nigeria. Nigeria grabbed the opener through Nazifi Yahaya just ten minutes into the second half, Maxwell Effiom scored the second goal for the Flying Eagles.

Watch the highlights below.

Niger vs South Africa

Nigeria vs Burundi

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