WAFU-B U20: Black Satellites coach Karim Zito confident of beating Nigeria

Black Satellites head coach Karim Zito is confident of beating Nigeria in their opening game of the WAFU-B U20 Championship in Niger at the Stade de Général-Seyni-Kountché on Sunday.

Ghana will be looking to defending their WAFU-B U20 Championship title and gain qualification to the 2023 African U20 Cup of Nations.

The Satellites won the last edition of the sub-regional competition and went on to lift the 2021 African U20 Cup of Nations."Nigeria began camping for this tournament four days after we stated in Prampram. They got here earlier and have played two friendlies against Niger but we are poised to qualify to the AFCON," coach Zito told ghanafa.org.

"We are trying to cope with the weather condition which is hotter than we expected. Nonetheless, we are trying to adapt to it and are for the competition."

He added, "I have been here previously for about a year so I knew what to expect around this time of the year but am happy since we got here the players have shown signs of adapting to the weather conditions."

The Black Satellites will face Burkina Faso in the next group game on Saturday, May 14 at the same venue.

WAFU-B U20: Black Satellites coach Karim Zito confident of beating Nigeria

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