FIFA Under-17 World Cup: Golden Eaglets Faces Australia In Last Group Match

By Akinwale Kasali

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria will be gunning to continue its 100 percent record at the on-going 2019 FIFA Under-17 World Cup Championship in Brazil, as it faces the Young Socceroos of Australia in its last group B encounter.

Having recorded a back-to-back win against Hungary and Ecuador, triumphing 4-2 and 3-2 respectively, the Golden Eaglets will want to end their group as champions, garnering Nine maximum points from three matches.

Australia, on the hand, will come all out to secure a win against the West African country, knowing that a victory will garner it Four points. It is hoping to scale to the knockout stages as one of the best placed teams.

In the other match, Ecuador will be hoping to defeat Hungary to have Six points. That will place the team as runners-up, behind Nigeria.

Also, Hungary will want to record a win to remain on Four points hoping to scale through to the next round, as one of the best placed teams, just like Australia which played a 2-2 draw with Hungary in day two matches of the group.

Coach Manu Garba knows that the match against Australia is just a mere formality, as his wards have already qualified as top winners of the group. This may prompt the Head coach to give other players in the team, who are yet to taste action, a chance.

Garba has promised to work on the lapses in his team after conceding Four goals in two matches, following some school-boy errors in the first match.

“We are happy to have scaled through to the next phase of the competition with a game to spare. We will work on our defense line-up, and do some shake ups in the midfield and attack to forestall lapses that we saw in the two previous matches”, Garba concluded.