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Five Golden Eaglets players were included in the Best Eleven squad of the recently concluded 2022 WAFU Zone B U-17 tournament in Ghana.
The Best Eleven of the competition was published on the WAFU Twitter handle.
The players are Idris Abubakar, Emmanuel Michael, Jeremiah Olaleke, Yahaya Lawali and goalkeeper Richard Odoh.
Recall Michael won three consecutive Man of the Match awards for his brilliant displays in the two group games and the semi-finals.
While Odoh was named the best player in the final against Burkina Faso which ended 2-1 in favour of the Eaglets.
Meanwhile Eaglets handler Nduka Ugbade was named Coach of the Tournament, after leading his side to victory in all their four games.
The team defeated hosts Ghana 4-2 in their first game before ending the group stage with a 3-1 win against Togo.
In the semi-finals, they came from a goal down to beat Côte d’Ivoire 3-1 before edging Burkina Faso 2-1 in the final.
By James Agberebi
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How was Olaleke picked as one of the best eleven of the tournament? Was he not the one who could not run when a pass was headed to him and had to pull down his Burkinafaso opponent to concede the first foul of the final game in just 2 minutes of the encounter? That guy is very slow
Can’t judge him by one misstep alone. the kid was very strong and was highly noticeable. l might add.
That was supposed to be a Red card but he escaped it.
No Ghanaian player?? Nawa o!
Host and Flop!!!
Because the Ghanaian team only knows how to make noise like Self made king. Host country and single player making 1st Eleven, what a shame!
We are busy preparing ourselves for the wc!! We have no time for these Wafu crap lol
I am waiting for after 3 games ,with a basket of goals,waste of time is what Ghana is going to the world cup for,the team is poor in all department.
Stop hating and bet against Ghana in the worlcup and let see!
U ll lose everything dawg!!
The Burkinababe and Ivorien No7s are the standout players of the tournament alongside our left back. Nduka Ugbade tactical flair was the difference maker. Give him another 6months he will create giant killers!!!
I am waiting for after 3 games ,with a basket of goals,waste of time is what Ghana is going to the world cup for,the team is poor in all department.