In their first group stage match of the WAFU B zonal qualifications for this year’s CAF Schools Football Championship, Nigeria’s U15 squad lost 4-1 to a merciless Côte d’Ivoire team in Ouagadougou, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).The Nigeria squad, made up of players from a variety of schools that took part in the national competition in Abuja two months ago, took versus their counterparts from Cote d’Ivoire at the Stade August 4. The Ivorians struck first in the 6th minute when N’Goran Yao Philippe finished neatly after a swift attacking move.Diarrassouba Dramane doubled the lead in the 18th minute, punishing a defensive lapse with a precise low effort. Meïté Christ Loan made it 3–0 in the 22nd minute, capping Côte d’Ivoire’s dominant start with a powerful strike. Konaté Mory added the fourth in the 34th minute, leaving Nigeria with a mountain to climb before the break.
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