Golden Eaglets coach Manu Garba is confident his side will beat
Angola in Wednesday’s second group game at the ongoing Africa U17 Cup of
Nations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The five –time
champions kicked off their campaign on a nervy note defeating hosts, Tanzania
5-4 in a 9-goal thriller and a win over Angola’s U17 who edged Uganda 1-0 in their
opening game on Sunday will see them advance for the semi-finals of the
competition meaning they automatically qualify for the FIFA U17 World Cup
slated for Brazil later this year.
“Half of the
boys in my team have not been on a plane before,” Garba revealed during his
pre-match conference ahead of the game.
“They are inexperienced but we will take each game as it comes
and ahead of the game against Angola, the team will be better and win.”
Meanwhile, all
four semi-finalists at the ongoing championship in Tanzania will represent
Africa in Brazil.
In Wednesday’s
other match of Group-A, hosts Tanzania will take on Uganda in a match of two
teams still hunting for their first points at the tournament.
Nigeria won the
Africa U17 Cup of Nations in 2001 in Seychelles and in 2007 in Togo, and were
world champions in 1985 (China), 1993 (Japan), 2007 (Korea Republic), 2013
(UAE) and 2015 (Chile).
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