Five-time world champions, the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria, have landed in the city of Gioania, Brazil, where the team will tackle Hungary at the Estadio Olimpico in the opening game of Group B of the 2019 FIFA U17 World Cup finals on Saturday.
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Garba, who won the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Championship as head coach of Nigeria, is currently in Brazil with the Golden Eaglets for the 18th edition of the Championships, and has revealed his boys’ readiness to challenge, yet again, for the title they won in 2015.
The Nigerian boys approached the game with confidence and were in control at the opening minutes of the game, with Olakunle Olusegun missing the target narrowly when he should have scored.
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets surrendered a 2-1 advantage at the end of first half to superior second half performance from Senegal to lose 4-2 in their last group game at the UEFA/CAF U17 tournament in Turkey.
In the Match Day 2 fixture of the UEFA/CAF Under-17 Tournament holding in Turkey, the five-times world champions were overwhelming in this their second game
Ahead of the FIFA U17 World Cup taking place in Brazil October 26 to November 17, the Acting President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Seyi Akinwunmi, has charged the Manu Garba-led technical crew of the Golden Eaglets to focus on the youth development policy and programme of the Federation.
Five-time champions Nigeria have kick-started their camping programme for the FIFA U17 World Cup finals taking place in Brazil from October 26 to November 17, 2019.
The Eaglets who face Hungary in their opening match on October 26 also have Ecuador and Australia to contend with in the group stage.
Former World Champions, Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets, will on Thursday know their group opponents ahead of the forthcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.
Manu Garba, Golden Eaglets coach, on Monday hailed the Confederation of African Football over the disqualification of Guinea for fielding overaged players during the just concluded Under-17 AFCON held in Tanzania.
Abdu Maikaba, Flying Eagles Assistant coach and coach of Plateau United on Monday, said that the Golden Eaglets would do better in the U-17 World cup scheduled for in Brazil in September.
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets will battle their Group opponents, Angola, in the third placed match at the ongoing AFCON U17 on Sunday.
Nigeria’s national under-17 male football team on Wednesday in Dar es Salaam lost 9-10 after penalty kicks to their Guinean counterparts in a pulsating semi-final match at the Africa Under-17 Nations Cup.
Two-time champions Nigeria finished as winners of Group A of the ongoing Africa U17 Cup of Nations in Tanzania after forcing Uganda to a 1-1 draw at the Chamazi Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Saturday.
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets, two-times African champions, on Saturday finished as winners of Group A at the ongoing Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations in Tanzania.
The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria on Wednesday defeated their Angolan counterpart 1-0 to qualify for the semi-finals in the ongoing U-17 AFCON in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Five-time champions Nigeria will guarantee a return to the FIFA U17 World Cup finals if they overcome Angola’s U17 squad in their second match at the Africa U17 Cup of Nations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Wednesday.
Nigeria edged a yo-yo 13th Africa U17 Cup of Nations opening match 5-4 in Dar es Salaam on Sunday as hosts Tanzania collapsed in the latter part of the match against the five-time world champions.
Five-time world champions, Nigeria, flew out of Abuja on Wednesday on their way to Tanzania to take part in the 13th Africa U17 Cup of Nations taking place in that country from April 14 to 28.
Five-time world champions, Golden Eaglets of Nigeria, will participate in an invitational tournament in Turkey as part of its preparations for the 2019 Africa U17 Cup of Nations scheduled for Tanzania in April.