Nigeria’s hope of a third AFCON title and qualification to the FIFA World Cup was thwarted following the defeat.
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The Golden Eaglets and their officials arrived in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria, on Monday.
Nigeria need to avoid defeat against the South Africans to affirm their place in the their Group B.
Following complications that arose in the process of securing entry visa into Germany for a planned final training camp in that country, the Nigeria Football Federation opted to send the squad earlier to Algeria for the final build-up.
Ugbade, who has assisted a couple of coaches to win the FIFA U17 World Cup for Nigeria, is in charge this time.
He said: “We are going into the Final match, and we are up against Burkina Faso, a team that has won all its four matches in this competition.
Nduka Ugbade, Assistant Coach of the Golden Eaglets, on Wednesday said the players had embarked on some days rest after qualifying for the 2019 AFCON in Tanzania.
Nduka Ugbade, the Assistant Coach of the Golden Eaglets, says the team will work on their lapses ahead of the final clash against Ghana’s Starlets at the ongoing 2019 U-17 AFCON qualifiers.
The match will take place on September 12 against the hosts.
Ugbade made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone from Niamey, venue of the ongoing 2018 WAFU Zone B qualifiers for the Africa U-17 Cup of Nations.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Coach Rohr’s 30-man provisional squad was released by the Nigeria Football Federation on Monday
Ugbade told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the team had the potential of beating even the best junior team in the world.
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The club’s Media Officer, Dimeji Oshode, who made the disclosure in a statement on Friday, said negotiations with the tactician broke down on Thursday evening
Ugbade, an assistant coach to the Flying Eagles, was accompanied by the leader of delegation and a member of Nigeria Football Federation technical department, Yusuf, on the mission
On his assessment on the Congolese team, Ugbade said the Flying Eagles team have a lot of respect for their opponents, having watched them against in the second group game against Ivory Coast
The Flying Eagles are top of Group A standings after their opening win over hosts, Senegal, ahead of Cote d’Ivoire, who drew 1-1 with the Congolese in the other Match Day 1 fixture on Sunday
He said: “If you rely only on potential and you refuse to develop that potential to become profitable for usage, you know what is going to happen
Ugbade told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos that the defeat was remarkable
“We don’t want to be bothered with the tag of a favourite and our philosophy remains the same: one game at a time,” Ugbade said matter-of-factly. “Our objective right from the start was to win our matches and we continue to be guided by that