THE Estadio Olympico, Goiania will come alive on Saturday
when five - time world champions in the FIFA U17 World Cup, Golden Eaglets of
Nigeria will tackle Hungary in the opening game in Group B of this year’s
championship taking place in Brazil.
The young football ambassadors from Nigeria touched down
in Goiania on Tuesday from Sao Paulo, the city they had their training tour and
the team swung into action with training session in preparation for the class
against the East European side.
Thenff.com can report that Coach Manu Garba and his
assistants are not leaving the stone unturned as they continued to impart
tactical and technical knowledge to the players ahead of the game against
Hungary, which he strongly affirmed to be a very important tie and “winning the
opening game is crucial in building the confidence level in the team.
"We are looking forward to the game against Hungary
with great expectations of having a good game and winning the maximum points at
stake." He told thenff.com in Gioania. Any team from Europe that qualified
for a tournament like this, must definately be a good side, but we will
approach the game with every seriousness it deserves to give Nigerians back
home something positive to cheer at the end of 90 minutes," he said.
Both teams are not new to each other as the Golden
Eaglets that have now be rechristened the 'Super Eaglets' by FIFA defeated
Hungary 3-1 at the quarter - final stage of the maiden edition of the
tournament in 1985 enroute to becoming the first country to win the tournament,
after the team defeated Germany 2-0 in the final.
The quest for the Eaglets to conquer the world again
begin in few hours time and dispatching Hungary will indeed be a strong display
of intent towards winning a sixth world title, after victories in 1985, 1993,
2007, 2013 and 2015.
Nigeria will also play Ecuador and Australia in the group
phase.
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