Nigeria’s Flying Eagles suffered a one-nil loss to the Young Scorpions of Gambia in the second semifinal game of the ongoing u20 African Cup of Nations.
Adama Bojang scored what proved to be the winner in the seventh minute of the encounter at the Cairo International Stadium in Cairo.
Ladan Bosso’s wards tried to claw an equaliser but it just was not to be.
Ahmed Abdullahi, who had come on in the 55th minute for Francis Ayuba, missed a great chance to draw Nigeria level from the spot in the 86th minute.
Gambia’s Harona Njie then got two bookings within five minutes to earn an early bath as the game drew to a close.
Earlier on, the Teranga Cubs of Senegal strolled into the final with a comfortable 3-0 win over Tunisia at the Suez Stadium.
Pape Demba opened the scoring in the 7th minute before Lamine Camara bagged a brace to ease the Senegalese boys into the final.