Head coach of Nigeria’s U-17 team, Emmanuel Amuneke, has vowed to go shoulder-to-shoulder with Brazil, when they face each other in the quarter-final of the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.
The Golden Eaglets spanked Australia 6-0 in their second round tie on Thursday morning, to qualify for the last eight of the tournament.
“It was a very interesting match. We knew that Australia was a good team because they qualified from a very difficult group, but my players were able to recuperate themselves from the loss against Croatia and regained their level,” fifa.com quoted Amuneke as saying.
“Victor (Osimhen) had a great game, although the philosophy of this team is to play collectively. We are candidates to win the title, but so are Brazil. We will work to put up a good fight.”
Brazil has earlier defeated New Zealand 1-0 in their second round clash.
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