Nigeria U17 team on Saturday, October 26 started the quest for a sixth World Cup title with a 4-2 win against Hungary in a group B tie played at the Estadio Olimpico Pedro Ludovico stadium in Brazil.
The Hungarians, whom the Golden Eaglets beat 2-0 on the path to winning the 2015 edition came through the European qualifiers as the best losing quarter-finalist by beating Belgium on penalties.
The five-time world champions came to the party with some potential world beaters in their ranks like Akinkunmi Amoo, Ibraheem Jabaar, Wisdom Ubani, and Olakunle Olusegun. At the end of proceedings.
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The Golden Eaglets, led by veteran U-17 coaches, Manu Garba and Nduka Ugbade showed that they were better than Hungarians.
Garba while speaking with FIFA.com, said: “Everyone should get ready to see a fantastic Nigerian team that play great football and have the trophy in their sights.” We wish the Golden Eaglets luck as their continued their campaign with their next group game with Ecuador on October 29.”
Read the tweets below:
FT Nigeria 4-2 Hungary. Great start by the Eaglets, they worked very hard for this win #SoarGoldenEaglets #Team9jaStrong #U17WC pic.twitter.com/SolNVlGQDP
— The NFF 🇳🇬 (@thenff) October 26, 2019
📸 #SoarGoldenEaglets #Team9jaStrong #U17WC pic.twitter.com/LJCtfqBTTV
— The NFF 🇳🇬 (@thenff) October 26, 2019