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Black Satellites coach Abdul Karim Zito is delighted with his team’s 1-0 win over West African neighbors Nigeria at the current WAFU Zone B tournament in Benin.
Precious Boah’s free kick in the 75th minute secured all three points for Ghana and qualified the team to the semi-finals of the tournament.
The result saw the Nigerian Flying Eagles exiting the competition after drawing their first game against the Ivory Coast.
With the group made up of just three teams, Ghana has booked a spot in the bottom four and needs a positive result against the Ivory Coast to top the group.
Speaking to the media after the game, coach Abdul Karim Zito said: “I am very, very happy about the victory, because in tournaments of this nature it is not always about who played good football or who lost opportunities.
“It’s about who scored. And that’s what happened today. At the end of the day, the only chance I had, we used it. As my colleague (Nigeria coach Ladan Bosso Issa) said, Nigerians had so many opportunities. And we wasted it. But we got one and scored and I’m really happy we qualified. “
Karim Zito said that the absence of scorer Boah could affect his team for the next game.
“Yes, Boah is my everything in the team, he showed it today by scoring the only goal of the game. But he is out after the red card and there is nothing, we can do so I have started planning the next game without him. Maybe he will come back if we reach the final, since there are two yellow cards. “
The Black Satellites face the Ivory Coast in their final group match on Saturday.
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