{"id":70231,"date":"2025-07-10T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70231"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:54:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:54:00","slug":"wafu-b-u-20-tourney-were-ready-for-flying-eagles-misbau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/10\/wafu-b-u-20-tourney-were-ready-for-flying-eagles-misbau\/","title":{"rendered":"WAFU B U-20 Tourney: We\u2019re Ready for Flying Eagles -Misbau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Fakande Oluwamayowa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Captain of Ghana\u2019s Black Satellites, Aziz Misbau, has expressed confidence ahead of their opening clash against Nigeria in the 2025 WAFU B U-20 Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The much-anticipated encounter between the two West African giants is scheduled to take place today, Thursday, at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence in Prampram.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a pre-match press conference, Misbau acknowledged the pedigree of the Flying Eagles but maintained that the Ghanaian side is calm, focused, and fully prepared for the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria is a big country, and we respect them. But we are very ready for this game,\u201d Misbau stated. \u201cThere is no pressure on us to beat Nigeria. We respect them, but it\u2019s a normal game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, the defending champions, defeated Ghana in the final of the previous edition of the tournament, adding more intensity to today\u2019s fixture.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides are seen as favourites in the two-week regional championship, which features seven nations from the WAFU Zone B sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Satellites are banking on home support to fuel a winning start as the team aims to reclaim regional dominance.<\/p>\n<p>The match is expected to attract a large turnout of fans eager to witness another chapter in the fierce Ghana-Nigeria football rivalry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Fakande Oluwamayowa Captain of Ghana\u2019s Black Satellites, Aziz Misbau, has expressed confidence ahead of their opening clash against Nigeria in the 2025 WAFU B U-20 Championship. The much-anticipated encounter between the two West African giants is scheduled to take place today, Thursday, at the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence in Prampram. Speaking during a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":70232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70233,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70231\/revisions\/70233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}