Nwakali, who recently admitted he would love to play for the Gunners, is being chased by Chelsea and Udinese ahead of the January window
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Governor Ahmed in the congratulatory message, said the Golden Eaglets with this victory have kept alive the tenacity of Nigerians in making positive history, especially in age grade football, recalling that Nigeria won the first edition in China 30 years ago
Dennis Van Vaerenbergh opened the scoring for the Belgians before a Ricardo Marin penalty levelled matters moments later, with Dante Vanzeir’s wonderful chip cancelled out by Francisco Venegas’s late leveller
Oliver officiates primarily in the Premier League having been promoted to the Select Group of Referees in 2010
They will now meet their West African counterparts, Mali, in the final
Mali’s historic victory means they will face the victor of the second semi-final between Mexico and Nigeria on Sunday, with Belgium facing the defeated side in the play-off for third place earlier the same day in Vina Del Mar
Mohammed Abulla Mohamed would take charge as the centre referee, while his countrymen, Mohamed Alhammadi and Hasan Almahri, are assistant referee 1 and 2.
Ahmed, in a statement issued in Ilorin by his Chief Press Secretary, Abdulwahab Oba, said as youths, the Under-17 side might be having an erroneous belief that having edged out the Brazilians, the much coveted diadem was already theirs
Claudio Zamudio’s first half strike and Bryan Salazar’s penalty after the break saw off the South Americans, who fail to go one better than their only previous quarter-final appearance at this level in 1995
“You have to give credit to my kids, who were tranquil and kept their cool to deal with the Brazil pressure and then scored at the right time.
Brazil, who made four changes to their starting lineup against New Zealand, started the brighter of the two teams, but they failed to put away the several chances they created as goalkeeper Udoh made some brilliants saves, before Victor Osimhen opened scoring for Nigeria after 29 minutes for his eighth goal of the tournament
Four minutes later, Nigeria had their first significant chance of the match when Victor Osimhen, after an impressive counter attack, slotted a shot past Croatia goalkeeper, Adrian Semper, only for it to hit the base of the goal post.
“They got a penalty to equalize and the winning goal later and that stopped us from winning the tournament. We won’t allow that to happen against us on Friday and we will work harder to win,” added the diminutive defender, who was in the U-13 National Team that won the London International Youth Tournament in 2010
A scoreless opening 45 minutes saw plenty of chances go begging for both sides