Senegal have progressed into the semi-finals of this year’s U-17 AFCON, after thrashing South Africa 5-0 in Wednesday’s quarter-finals.
The win means Senegal have qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
An own goal by South Africa’s Waylon Renecke gave the West Africans the lead in the 35th minute.
In the 39th minute another own goal this time from Benjamin Wallace made it 2-0 before Mamadou Sadio added the third on 44 minutes.
Ten minutes into the second half Senegal went 4-0 up thanks to Amara Diouf.
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And with 20 minutes left Diouf got his second of the game to make it 5-0.
Senegal will face the winner of Thursday’s quarter-final clash between Golden Eaglets of Nigeria and Burkina Faso.
Meanwhile, the other semi-final billed for Wednesday will see host Algeria take on Morocco.
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Senegal team is good but not unbeatable for Nigeria team. Let’s focus fully on tomorrow match against Burkina Faso. After grabbing world cup ticket tomorrow we will develop a strategy to handle Senegal.
God bless Nigeria.
When you start a match with fear of your opponent, you are bound to make costly mistakes. That’s exactly what happened in this match. South Africa started the match with fear of Senegal and they conceded first and second own goals. They scored two goals in their own house before Senegal started scoring.
Let’s grab world cup ticket tomorrow first before we start warning Ugbade not to create inherent fear in the heart of his boys like he did in the match against Morocco.
Senegal guys are human being. They are not spirit. So, they are beatable. There is no need to be afraid of them.
Nigeria boys are also good. They only need to be psychologicaly balance and never entertain any fear.
God bless Nigeria
Can someone just tell the organizers to give the Senegalese the cup please? the Golden eagle is coming home after the semifinal match against Senegal, I know the truth is bitter because some of you will come here to rant.
The Senegalese team is the best, there youth development program has finally paid off right from the national team to the cadet team. The best in Africa.
Sorry Golden eaglet you can try again next two years, but this tournament belongs to senegal.
Gbe enu e sonu! Big mouth.
Truly, Senegal team is good. But, Nigeria team can beat them on a good day.
I watch the match and Senegal team is not that fantastic. What killed South Africa was fear. The first two goals were own goals.
If South Africa play Senegal with determination they used to face Nigeria,the result wouldn’t have been that bad. The rivalry between us motivated them to play Nigeria with passion but plaid Senegal with fear.
That’s just the difference.
Let’s focus on tomorrow match first and grab the world cup ticket. After that we will talk about the strategy to beat Senegal.
God bless Nigeria
you guy keep on making mistakes that football has change in Africa, why are you guys talking about Nigeria and you have not even reach semi you still got Burkina Faso??
@Delis, always read before you comment.
It was boldly written that we should first focus on Burkina Faso and grab world cup ticket before we shift our focus on Senegal.
This country won the U-20 AFCON without conceding a gaol, same thing is happening in U-17 AFCON! Apart from not losing a single match so far, the team is yet to concede a goal. Talk of class
SENEGAL is beatable. Let’s beat Burkina Faso first. Morocco also thumped host Algeria 3-0, to also qualify for the World Cup. One thing common sense to both Senegal and Morocco in this Tournament is they play efficient football and take all their chances. They don’t believe in dominating possession. It would be such a spectacular if our Eaglets confront this free scoring Senegalese team.
Senegalese football is experiencing a golden age. At all levels of men’s football, Senegal is excelling.
Success does not happen by accident. Their administrators are doing a wonderful job.
I also agree that Nigeria can possibly beat Senegal, but it would be difficult indeed. However, let’s not put the cart before the horse. Burkina Faso awaits.
God bless you
And you too brother.
God bless you brother.
The progress made by Senegal and Morrocco in African football of late makes Nigeria and the NFF look like jokers. And trust overtly sentimental Nigerians to remain braggadocious over some past decayed glories.
Ive been reading the phrase “This Senegalese team is not fantastic” since the beginning of this tournament……yet they are yet to even concede a goal after 4 victories, with at least 2 of their players in the running for the MVP of this tournament award.
Reality check…..Golden Eaglets should just do us the favour of beating Burkina Faso…..any other thing is a bonus.
As for this trophy, I dont see us lifting it. I refuse to be smokescreened by their “dominant-yet-inefficient” exhibition
Only the Senegalese no 10 alone with take our entire defense and midfield to the cleaners if we should meet them.
Meanwhile, Zambia defeated Senegal in a friendly, Zambia defeated Morrocco (I guess) in a friendly, Zambia are at home as we speak, Senegal and Morrocco are through to the world cup……Moral of the story – Choose your battles wisely
@Dr, I have said it before and I am saying it again that Senegal team is beatable with the talent we have in camp. They are not spirits. Our boys only need to be in right state of mind and Ugbade must select the right boys to play them with the correct strategy.
Let’s grab the world cup ticket today and take it from there.
God bless Nigeria
Of course, even the invincibles got beaten in the end. Every team in the game of football is beatable. Zambian still beat these Senegalese by 4 goals only a few weeks ago.
But an elephant isn’t something you should claim you saw in a flash. You talk about talent and strategy as if the Senegalese too do not have talent and strategy….as if they too do not have the desire to win.
If there is anything this tournament has revealed, it is that strategy is what Nduka Ugbade lacks. He just deploys the same possession based style to tackle every situation and every opponent, even when it doesnt call for it. He should deploy it against Senegal with Liwali overlapping recklessly as let see if Senegal’s no 10 who attacks from the left will not deal mercilessly with us.
Nigerians and their usual empty boasts.
Caution has to be the keyword…not fear and not empty boasts.
Battre le Sénégal c’est tout à fait possible à condition que l’on soit un peu plus stratégique non pas par peur mais par respect à la qualité de l’adversaire qu’il convient de reconnaitre avec humilité ! On ne peut pas jouer contre ce Sénégal en pleine confiance comme on l’a fait avec les autres équipes en gardant la possession, en ne surveillant pas bien nos couloirs. Les Sénégalais ont des joueurs de hautes qualités sur les ailes qui sont rapides, vifs et capables de nous poser beaucoup de problème, donc si on veut les attaquer sans stratégie de défense, on risque de prendre des buts facilement. Donc pour ce match , l’entraineur gagnerait à jouer un bloc médian, bien fermez les couloirs, laissez la possession au sénégalais et procéder par contre attaque. Si on joue comme on a joué depuis le début, c’est à dire attaquer sans équilibre, on risque de vivre la même chose que l’Afrique du Sud. De la même façon qu’on avait commis l’erreur de penser qu’avec les u20 qu’on était plus fort qu’eux, ce sera la même erreur de vouloir penser que nos U17 sont plus forts que les u17 sénégalais, ce serait une grosse erreur ! Une sélection essaie toujours de composer les meilleurs joueurs d’un pays et avec le travail de formation depuis le bas âge (6 ans) que fait les formateurs sénégalais, je pense que les joueurs qui arrivent à être sélectionné doivent certainement avoir un très haut niveau ! Donc si on ne respecte pas le Sénégal en pensant qu’on est plus fort et risque de perdre j’en ai aucun doute car je ne pense pas qu’on est plus fort, le niveau est le même pour moi !
Fear is one of the major enemies of progress.
I read in a comment here where someone said that the organizer should just give cup to Senegal.
Nigeria is a great country. We must never forget that.
I will continue to say it that on a good day, Nigeria will beat this Senegal team.
All of you are talking about the Senegalese. Are you really sure that this lacklustre Golden Eaglet can even survive the Burkina Faso? I have watched our team played, they are not playing like potential champions. If they qualify for the World Cup it is mere luck. I wish them the best today!
It is not wise to award any team the trophy when they have not played and defeated all the other teams…..It is also not wise to write off any U17 team presented by Nigeria……This young Players are playing for their lives and that of that Families and the Nigerian never say die spirit is very difficult to conquer if it’s unleashed……I look forward to Nigeria u17 vs Senegal u17 in the semi finals……It will be a great spectacle for the fans who will witness it and nobody can predict the outcome with 100 Percent certainty.
One step at a time: overcome Burkina Faso (hopefully) and prepare for Senegal.
Without a shadow of doubt, Senegal are firm favorites against Nigeria if that is how things play out.
Whether under Bosso, under Bankole Olowookere, under Danjuma or under Ugbade, Nigeria is a hard nut for any other team on the continent to crack. That sadly is as good as it gets as we should expect to play slightly second fiddle to the best teams in Africa these days – but facing Nigeria under any of our local coaches remains a herculean and daunting task for any rival.
The aforementioned Nigerian coaches and Eguavoen really need to up their game and the NFF should provide favorable environment for these coaches to thrive.
These Nigerian coaches all churn out physically fit Nigerian teams who are athletic and able to stretch the best teams on the continent.
One thing they all have in common is predictability. From the 3 games that Eguavoen played in last year’s Afcon, even a casual observer like me was able to decipher and decode his methods with their glaring shortcomings.
So, it was no coincidence to me that the same part of the pitch (right fullback) and the same type of goal (long range strike) knocked Nigeria out of the Afcon against Tunisia and World Cup qualifications against Ghana.
All these Nigerian coaches place priority on “where their players are placed” rather than “the roles they are expected to play”. They adopt a basic approach with familiar traits that is generic, formulaic and stereotypical of recent Nigerian teams.
This makes their methods very rigid, unattractive. More so, it makes it IMPOSSIBLE for them to recover from mishaps and early goals.
Ugbade’s boys are very well drilled and disciplined in the position they are placed which is why they look like “one way traffic” in how they play. The method is linear, direct, mechanical and routine.
So, if they go down to a highly disciplined team like in Bosso vs Gambia, Bosso vs Senegal, or Ugbade vs Morocco or Eguavoen vs Tunisia, it is near impossible for them to recover from these mishaps.
In short, once any of our coaches go down to a disciplined side, it’s game over! The opposition is often able to foresee what is coming and then shut up shop.
Once we are trailing under any of these coaches, what you tend to see are: endless running down the flanks to cross or attempts to bully through midfield with harmless and readable passes. Not to talk of total meltdown spatial and positional awareness.
I have come to have respect for our coaches. But their methods are wedged in a bygone era of football. These methods are very effective until they come across a supremely tactical team who also matches them physically.
Good luck to Ugbade and his boys today.
One step at a time: overcome Burkina Faso (hopefully) and prepare for Senegal.
Without a shadow of doubt, Senegal are firm favourite. Whether under Bosso, under Bankole Olowookere, under Danjuma or under Ugbade, Nigeria is a hard nut for any other team on the continent to crack.
But all the aforementioned coaches and Eguavoen really need to up their game. They all churn out physically fit Nigerian teams who are athletic and able to go toe to toe with any other team on the continent.
One thing they all have in common is predictability. From the 3 games that Eguavoen played in last year’s Afcon, even a casual observer like me was able to decipher and decode his methods with the shortcomings very glaring to me.
So, it was no coincidence to me that the same part of the pitch (right fullback) and the same type of goal (long range strike) knocked Nigeria out of the Afcon and World Cup qualifications.
All these Nigerian coaches place priority on “where their players are placed” rather than “the roles they are expected to play”.
This makes their methods very rigid, unattractive. More so, it makes it IMPOSSIBLE for them to recover from mishaps.
Ugbade’s boys are very well drilled and di
First, one step at a time. We haven’t qualified for the World Cup yet, and we haven’t played Burkina Faso.
Our main focus now is Burkina Faso, not Senegal. We should see ourselves as underdogs. Good luck to our boys. Ire o. God bless Nigeria!!!