Fifa 2015 Under-17 World Cup highest goalscorer, Victor Osimhen, is included in the squad that also features three foreign-based players – Okechukwu Azubuike, Taiwo Awoniyi and Junior Ajayi
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Victor Osimhen, top scorer at last month’s Under-17 World Cup, which Nigeria won, attended training in The Gambia, but is not on the final list
“We know it would be a pack filled stadium in the final but we are composed and ready for the final
‘Les Lionceaux’ plotted one of the biggest upsets easing past favourites Mali, who prior to the encounter had an enviable record of being the only side with a 100 per cent record at the competition
“We fought our hearts out but things did not go our way. We did our best but did not take our chances and they (Nigeria) punished us by scoring the first goal and later the second from the penalty,” the Hearts of Oak player said
The Flying Eagles will meet the winners of Senegal and Mali second semifinal match in the final match on Sunday
The rivalry between the two countries is spanning almost six decades and will come to the fore again as Sellas Tetteh leads his Black Satellites against Manu Garba’s Flying Eagles in what is surely a match of fire power
Both sides squared up twice in Marrakech, Morocco in the group stage and all the way to the final, the Ivorians won on both occasions
The Malians have so far secured a total of six points from the group after beating Zambia by a lone goal in their first game on Monday
The Eagle Online observed since arriving here in Dakar that there are not billboards or any form of advert to create awareness in the capital and its environ
Awoniyi at a post match conference vowed that the award would not distract him as the team is focused on winning the title
Garba stated this shortly after the Flying Eagles 3-1 win over Senegal on Sunday