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MALI TO FACE NIGERIA IN FIFA's UNDER-17 WORLD CUP FINAL

11/6/2015

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In what may be Mali’s most noteworthy event since the Peace Accord was signed last June by Mali’s Tuareg-led rebels with the Malian government, Mali reached their first ever FIFA Under-17 World Cup final after coming from behind to beat Belgium, three to one, on Thursday (05 November 2015).

Goals by Boubacar Traore, Sidiki Maiga and Sekou Kita led the Malians to victory.

The Mali team is travelling with their Coach, Baye Ba, to Vina Del Mar in Chile for an all-African final (only the second in Under-17 history) against the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria on Sunday.
 
Mali won the African Under-17 championship in March but did not face Nigeria in that competition.

While Nigeria has secured its place in the final for the eighth time in eleven attempts, Mali's teenagers are the first team in any age group from their country to reach a FIFA final.


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