Against the expectations of many Nigerian football fans, the Golden Eaglets yesterday qualified for the final of the WAFU U-17 Cup Tournament holding in Togo, beating a resilient Burkina Faso 1-0.

There appears to be uneasy calm in the Golden Eaglets’ camp as they prepare for today’s semifinal against Burkina Faso at the ongoing WAFU U-17 Cup Tournament in Togo.

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria ‘sneaked’ into the last four of the African U-17 tournament yesterday, no thanks to the Baby Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire, who defeated the Black Starlets of Ghana 3-1 in their last Group B in Togo.

Five-time world champions, the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria, and the Young Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire will file out for the first match of Group B of the West African Football Union...