U-17 World Cup: Golden Eaglets Advised To Unite Against Netherlands

Nigeria’s U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets face European Champions, The Netherlands today in what promises to be a dicey knock out encounter.
Grassroot football exponent, Olatunji Samuel Okuku believes that Nigeria can defeat the Netherlands if the Eaglets tone down their obsession with goals.
Still fresh from their 2-1 defeat to Australia, the Golden Eaglets face the Oranje in tonight’s 2019 U17 World Cup Round of 16 fixture.
The five-time world champions have found the net just eight times in three games despite a staggering 74 attempts at goal.
Although not downplaying the quality in Manu Garba’s squad, the football administrator feels the team is still missing a few crucial ingredients and stressed the players have to learn when to go for goal themselves and when to pass it to a teammate.
“The coach should be able to talk to the boys on putting the country first before personal interest because creating over 30 chances in their last game and scoring just once is not a good sign at all.
“It looks like everyone wants to take the glory and that is really working against us. Passes should be given to whosoever is in a better position to score. If this is done, then we will definitely win.”
Should Nigeria scale the European hurdle at Goiania’s Estadio Olimpico, they will face either Paraguay or Argentina in the last eight.