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Nigeria foes, Ghana U17 girls lose to U20 team in friendly

Ghana U17 girls suffered a 4-3 defeat to the U20 women's national side in a pre-2020 U17 Women's World Cup qualifier warm-up in Cape Coast on Monday evening.

The Black Maidens were originally scheduled to face West African neigbours Nigeria in May but the coronavirus situation forced their postponement.

Having rescheduled for October, they must beat Nigeria in their final round of the African qualifiers to earn a ticket to the 2021 Fifa U17 Women's World Cup in India.

Ghana hosts the first leg of the final qualifying round between the West African giants at the Cape Coast Stadium, before making a trip to Lagos for the second leg two weeks later.