Nigeria head to Vina Del Mar on Sunday for an all-African final against continental champions, Mali, while Mexico will face off against Belgium in the match for third place earlier the same day
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They will now meet their West African counterparts, Mali, in the final
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
Mexico manager Miguel Herrera has been sacked, after he allegedly punched a reporter who had criticised his team’s performance in…
For the Mexicans, defeat meant more second-round heartache
Cameroon Head Coach, Volker Finke, made three changes to the Indomitable Lions side that began the 4-0 thrashing by Croatia in Manaus last time out
The number of casualties could not be ascertained as at press time
Mexico faces hosts Brazil on Tuesday, while Cameroon’s next fixture sees them take on Croatia a day later
“The match ended scoreless but I can tell you that the NFF is happy with the output of the players and it was well worth the effort to arrange this game,” the NFF President, Aminu Maigari, said in Atlanta, minutes after the game that ended 0-0 but saw the nearly 70,000 crowd applaud both teams into the dressing room
Herrera, for El Tri’s exhibition game against the Super Eagles in Atlanta, United States of America on March 5
Also returning are Israel-based defender, Juwon Oshaniwa; 2014 African Nations Championship Most Valuable Player, Ejike Uzoenyi; and Canada-based striker, Bright Dike
Edgar Arias Tamayo was convicted of killing a police officer in his police car after being arrested for a robbery at a Texas bar in 1994
Super Eagles and the Mexican National Team, known as ‘Tricolor’. The match will be organized in the United States of America by Soccer
United Marketing, the Mexican Football Federation’s US Representative, with the co-operation of Eurodata Sport
The Taye Academy youngster believes the tie against the South Americans would be a different game from the group opener when the Eaglets spanked Mexico 6-1
Nigeria looked nervous early, but the Mexicans were unable to take advantage of their opponents’ trepidation. Striker Ulises Jaimes had a chance to score with his head after only three minutes, but the ball was deflected wide of danger by the scrambling Nigerian defence
“With all due respect, I think it is the Mexicans that should be afraid of playing us because we are a top side at this level,” Garba said at the official press conference held inside the Bin Zayed Stadium. “The first game is crucial in any tournament and we are going to play Mexico like a cup final
Keshi disclosed this to The Eagle Online at 7pm Nigerian time on Saturday before leading his team back to their camp in Germany
Academica Coimbra of Portugal midfielder, John Ogu, gave Nigeria the lead with a long range shot that was deflected into the net
After Airport formalities, the team arrived its Westin Galleries Hotel in west Alabama, Huston at 4.20 pm local time, had lunch and trained at 7.30pm (1.30am Nigeria time)
Keshi, however believes that his team would continue to grow in strength and maturity