Wednesday night, Morocco defeated Nigeria's Golden Eaglets 1-0 in the CAF U17 Africa Cup of Nations, which is taking place in Algeria.

The Moroccans, who defeated South Africa's Amajimbo 2-0 on the first day, just needed an own goal by Tochukwu Ogboji in the second minute in order to advance to the knockout stage of the game.

Moorroco joined Senegal as the second team to claim a spot in the tournament's knockout round after earning all possible points from their first two games.

Nigeria, a five-time world champion, must now defeat South Africa in their upcoming match in order to have any hope of making it to the round of eight. The Eaglets had numerous opportunities to score, much like in their opening game against Zambia, but miserably lacked accuracy in front of goal.

After Emmanuel Michael put him through in the 21st minute, Abubakar Abdullahi should have done better than to balloon the ball skywards, and captain Precious Williams also failed to capitalize as the North Africans mounted an impregnable counterattack.

Yahaya Lawali, a defender who was once more chosen as Man-of-the-Match despite Nigeria's defeat, fired upwards with a through ball in the 69th minute. In a chaotic second half, substitutes Light Eke and Adewale Quadri were the only ones to really test the Moroccan goalie.