MOROCCO earned all three points to sail into the quarter-finals of the Africa U17 Cup of Nations as the Golden Eaglets wasted a basketful of opportunities in a match they dominated for large periods in Constantine on Wednesday evening.
An own goal by Tochukwu Ogboji as early as the second minute was all the Moroccans, who downed South Africa’s Amajimbo 2-0 on the opening day, needed to make it within a step of booking a spot at this year’s FIFA U17 World Cup.
Tochukwu diverted the ball into his net after he failed to clear a cross from Abdel Hamid Maali of Morroco in the second minute in a game that was largely dominated by the Nigerian boys. 
Morroco joined Senegal to become the second team to book a place in the knock-out stage of the tournament having secured maximum points from their opening two matches while Nigeria must avoid a defeat against South Africa in the final group game to have any hope of making it to the quarter-final stage
Meanwhile, despite ending up on a losing side, Nigerian defender, Yahaya Lawali was voted the MVP of the game, the young defender has now won back-to-back MVP awards after the first one against Zambia. 
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