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April 28, 2019
Nigeria National Under 17 Male Football Team lost totheir  Agolan counterparts 2-1 at the2019 Under 17 Africa Cup of Nations in Tanzania.
In their Match Day 3 fixtures played at Dar esSalaam, Nigeria faced Angola on their second meeting at the 2019 CAF; Under 17Africa Cup of Nations, in the third place play-off.
The Angola team starts the opening match withOsvaldo Capemba opened scoring at the 28th minutes of the first half.
Nigerian team translated their dominance to therequired goals within two minutes with Wisdom Ubani’s equalizer making thepoint draw at half hour.
The game changer, Zito Luvumbo of Angola scored thesecond goal for the Angolans at the 49th minutes.
The competition continues today Sunday with Guineatrading tackles with Cameroon in the final match of the championship.
The Eaglets may have been knocked out of thechampionship, but the four countries including Nigeria, which played thesemi-finals have automatically qualified to participate in the 2019 FIFA Under17 World Cup in Brazil.