We deserved a bigger win - Garba

Nigeria's U20 coach believes his team deserved to beat their Ghanaian counterparts even more.

The two nations played in an international friendly on Thursday in Ghana's industrial city of Tema and saw the Flying Eagles win 2-0.

“I think we deserved to win the game. We had some good chances to win it with an even bigger margin,” Manu Garba told Adom FM.

Musa Mohammed converted a penalty with half an hour to go and then a second by Ifeanyi Matthew in added time completed the win.

The Flying Eagles, who are on a training tour in Ghana and drew the first leg 2-2, were clinical.

“We were put under pressure at times by Ghana but I think we managed that quite well. But all in all, I think we played some good football and we deserved to win the game,” noted the coach.

“The match against the Black Satellites offers us a good platform on which to test ourselves.”

Both teams are to feature in this year's African Youth Championship in Senegal.

Nigeria will be in Group A with Congo, Cote d’Ivoire and hosts Senegal while Ghana will play South Africa, Zambia and Mali in Group B.

Ghana’s starting XI: Mutawakilu Siedu-Kingsley Fobii, Patrick Asmah, Yakubu Mohammed, Stephen Anokye Badu, Paul Quaye, Richard Donkor, Yaw Yeboah, Isaac Quansah, Issah Abbas, Samuel Afful.

Nigeria’s starting XI: Olorunleke Ojo -Musa Mohammed, Samuel Okon, Izu Omego, Abdul Ganiyu, Ifeanyi Ifeanyi, Akinjide Idowu, Obinna Nwobodo, Musa Yahaya, Taiwo Awoniyi, Usman Hassan.