By Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line
…It’s a Nigeria vs Ghana Jollof battle
NIGERIA’s U20 Boys team, the Flying Eagles is seeking a consecutive Treble win of the WAFU zone B trophy and wants to start the move with an affirmative second victory over the Satellites of Ghana on Monday 27th July 2026.
Nigeria and Ghana Yamoussoukro rumble is a repeat of the last editions final. This will further establish the imbroglio over the famous Nigeria vs Ghana Jollof superiority.
The Flying Eagles won that encounter at the Stade Kegue in Lome, Togo in October 2024 to retain the trophy they had won in Niamey two years earlier. Coach Isa Ladan Bosso led the squad that triumphed in Niamey while Aliyu Zubairu was the chief strategist of the team that successfully retained the trophy in Lome after a 2-1 defeat of the Black Satellites.
On Monday, Coach Abdu Maikaba, himself a former assistant coach of the team, commences his competitive odyssey as the team’s lead strategist in the big clash with the feisty West African neighbours. His one-liner underscores his confidence in the work he has done with the squad and leaves no one in doubt of his mission in Cote d’Ivoire.
Hear him: “We are going for an outright victory against Ghana because our objective is to retain the trophy and we have to start winning our matches from Day One,” Maikaba said ahead of Monday’s confrontation. The match kicks off at 2pm Cote d’Ivoire time (3pm Nigeria time) at the Lycée Scientifique de Yamoussoukro.
Ahead of Monday’s battle, Maikaba’s charges edged Athletique Club de Zenuola 2-1 in a friendly match on Thursday.
Cover photo courtesy of NFF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT is the training of the Flying Eagles on Sunday 26th July 2026.
The rivalry between Nigeria and Ghana on the football field dates back to 1951, and has produced a number of memorable encounters across the senior, intermediate, junior and academicals’ levels in both men and women categories.
Victory on Monday will stand seven-time African champions Nigeria in good stead for a semi final spot, with confrontations against Togo and Burkina Faso to come in the four-team Group B.
Matchday 2 on 30th July will see the seven-time African champions trade tackles with the Sparrow Hawks of Togo at the same Lycée Scientifique de Yamoussoukro. The game is scheduled to get underway at 2pm local time (3pm Nigeria time).
The Cup-holders will wrap up their group B matches against Young Stallions of Burkina Faso on the 2nd August also at the Lycée Scientifique with kick-off time scheduled for 2pm local time (3pm Nigeria time).
Hosts Cote d’Ivoire, Benin Republic and Niger Republic make up Group A.
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