CHAN 2025: Super Eagles B Win In First Friendly Match Ahead of Ghana Clash

CHAN 2025: Super Eagles B Win In First Friendly Match Ahead of Ghana Clash

By Niyi Busari

Nigeria Home based Super Eagles on Sunday defeated Grassrunners FC 1-0 in a warm up game ahead of their 2025 Championship of African Nations qualifier, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Ghana will host Nigeria on 22nd December with the return leg in Nigeria on 28th December, 2024. 

In preparations for the two legged games, the 27 invited players trained on Saturday under the watchful eyes of Daniel Ogunmodede and Fidelis Ilechukwu. Papa Daniel was the scorer of the lone goal in the friendly game. He scored from the penalty spot. Having missed out from participating in the competition for few years, the Super Eagles B will aim to beat Ghana to move to the next stage of the qualifier.

Championship of African Nations is a competition where only home based players are eligible to play against each other in the continent.