Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have won the 2015 U17 World championship. They beat Mali 2-0 at the finals which was played in Chile in the early hours of Monday morning. The Cup triumph means that the Nigerians have successfully defended the title they won two years ago in the UAE. Congrats to them.
Two quickfire second half goals from Victor Osimhen and Funsho Bamgboye ensured that Emmanuel Amuneke’s men cruised to victory as Nigeria claimed their fifth world title at under-17 level.
It is the first time that the Nigerians are winning the title outside of the Asian continent. Their previous successes have been in China in 1985, Japan in 1993, Korea Republic in 2007 and UAE in 2013.
President Buhari skyped with the Golden Eaglets to encourage them ahead of their match with Mali in the U17 Wold Cup finale which holds in Chile today. President Buhari actually named the U17 team, the Golden Eaglets when he was in power in 1985.
Samba may have originated in Brazil but it was the Golden Eaglets who were dancing at the end of ninety minutes. The Brazilians squandered gilt-edged opportunities to take the lead and were made to rue their mistakes by Amuneke's boys who ran out 3-0 winners to progress to the semi-final.
Nigeria is a sports loving country. This can be observed during the weekends when people in cities like Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt flood various stadiums and bars to watch the English premiership and other local and international sports tourneys. Patriots donning the green white green national colour are always proud…
