U17 AFCON: lions shamefully exit competition

The Under 17 Lions have lost their chance of advancing to the next stage of the 2023 African Cup of Nations currently taking place in Algeria.

They were beaten by Burkina Faso on May 7 by 2 goals to 1 in the day 2 fixture of the youth continental football championship.

With a draw the Lions still stood a chance of qualifying to the next round as one of the best thirds but ythis was unfortunately not the case.

The baby lions were leading at the 61 minute but their opponents over took them scoring 2 goals in 2 minutes thereby eliminating them from the competition.

In a group where they were considered as favorites following their smooth run during the preparatory matches they were unfortunately not able to live up to expectations.

It should be noted that the defending champions played 2 matches and lost all receiving 4 goals and scoring just 1.