World champions Nigeria will engage Guinea in a battlefor supremacy when they clash in a third-place match at the 11th CAF U17 Championship in Niger Republic tomorrow.


Both teams battled to a 1-1 draw in their second group match with goals from Sam Diallo through a penalty kick after 17 minutes, while Kelechi Nwakali drew Nigeria level from penalty spot in the 85th minute. Both teams have met thrice in this competition in 1995, when Nigeria won 2-1 in a group game, drew 2-2 in a group game in 2001 and drew 1-1 in the on-going edition.
The team’s coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, slammed the team’s performance against Guinea in the group stage as the worst game the Eaglets have played under his reign.