Black Satellites of Ghana have booked a place in the semi-final of the ongoing WAFU U20 championship in Benin.
The satellites defeated rivals Nigeria in a keenly contested game.
Ghana came close to opening the scoring in the first half but the Nigerian goalkeeper was up to the task to keep the game level in the first half.
Meanwhile the Nigerians also came close in the second half but the Ghanaians defense managed to deal with all the pressure and kept them at bay .
Goalkeeper Ibrahim Dan Lad was also up to the task and made some important saves to keep Ghana in the game.
The game came into life when substitute Abdul Mugeez caused a lot of troubles with his dribbles which resulted in a free kick that was scored by Precious Boah ten minutes to time.
The game ended 1-0 in favor of the satellites.
Karim Zito’s men will play Ivory Coast in the Semi-finals and will be hoping to book a ticket to the final.
