Having suffered a defeat in the group stage, Pedro Gonçalves’ boys flipped the script to emerge third best U17 team in the continent
Angola U17 are the third best U17 team in Africa after defeating Nigeria U17 2-1 in a third and fourth place play-off at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Saturday afternoon.
Despite being forced to play with 10 men for the majority of the second half after Porfirio’s expulsion, the Palanquinhas held firm to end the U17 Africa Cup of Nation in third place, Nigeria settling for fourth.
Capita opened the scoring before Wisdom Ubani levelled for the Golden Eaglets.