Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari on Monday applauded their under-17 national football team for winning the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.
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There is indeed truism in the assertion that “everyone loves a winner” as the triumphant Golden Eaglets were treated to a standing ovation aboard Emirates Airlines on their return trip to Nigeria after Chile 2015 conquest.
Both sides had chances in a tense opening period, with Golden Eaglets skipper Kelechi Nwakali hitting just wide and Boubacar Traore seeing his glancing header tipped over by Akpan Udoh.
Mali attempted to fight back but Nigeria were able to play out the final stages without further trouble, and Vina del Mar exploded with the side’s joy as the final whistle sounded. If we can get a few of these things right, then the snide remarks and the sniggering will cease but for now, we will have to live with the insults because they are self-inflicted. “I came to encourage them because what they’ve achieved is extraordinary”. Showing a combination of great team play as they’ve had seven different players score their 10 goals. They would advise the players on the ages that really suit them so that their teams could “succeed”. In addition, Victor Osimhen with his ten goals entered the record books as the highest overall goals scorer in the history of the competition.
He said: “Coach Amuneke is more than a coach to us”. Sprightly forward Dante Vanzeir was the man who propelled Les Diables Rouges to a best-ever finish at a Federation Internationale de Football Association tournament, setting up the opener and scoring their second and third goals.
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The teenager has been in blistering form for his country during the under-17 World Cup and that form is said to have alerted the interest of Spurs.
