After
rounding off their tour of Argentina on Monday with a convincing 3-1
win over the U-20 side of Racing Club of Buenos Aires, the Nigeria U-17
team – Golden Eaglets on Tuesday depart for Santiago for the FIFA
U-17 World Cup to be held in Chile between October 17 and November 8.
According
to a statement by the NFF, a squad of 21 players and 10 officials
including NFF Assistant Director (Technical), Siji Lagunju will on
Tuesday evening head to Santiago for the defense of the FIFA U-17 World
Cup won for a record fourth time by Nigeria two years ago in the UAE.
Describing
his team’s impressive performance as very encouraging, head coach
Emmanuel Amuneke said the Pre-World Cup camping in Buenos Aires has
added value to the team’s preparation ahead of Chile 2015 and that
victories in their two friendly games against the Argentine U-17 (2-1)
and U-20 side of Racing Club (3-1) has positively boosted the morale of
the boys before their departure to Santiago.
“The
most important thing is to see the players grow from strength to
strength and I’m particularly pleased with their performance against
Racing today.
“We are impressed because the Eaglets were able to implement all what we have been teaching them since we started.
“We
are not getting carried away despite winning our two matches here but
we are happy we have achieved part of our objectives of coming to
Argentina but we are grateful for the opportunity to be here for our
preparation; we have been struggling to adjust to the cold weather since
it is colder in Chile.
“The
World Cup is a different ball game because all the 24 teams have the
chance to win but we are going to Chile with the objective of defending
the trophy and we are looking forward to a good tournament.” Amuneke
told thenff.com
The Golden Eaglets have been drawn against USA, Croatia and hosts, Chile in Group A.
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