Chile 2015:Brazil can’t stop Eaglets World Cup dream, Amuneke declares

Chile 2015:Brazil can’t stop Eaglets World Cup dream, Amuneke declares
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By Our Reporter  on November 1, 2015   Sports
BY JOE APU
Nigeria will today continue her campaign in the chase to retain the FIFA World Cup for U-17 Men and a fifth in the series when the high scoring Golden Eaglets file out against Brazil in a quarter-final encoun­ter.
Nigeria’s coach, Emmanuel Amuneke is however confident that the Brazilians will fall to the superior play of his boys who painted Australia with goals in the Round of 16. He says his team has what it takes to stop the Brazil­ian team in the quarter final of the ongoing Chile 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
The encounter against Brazil will not be an easy one given the fact that the South Americans fell to the Eaglets in the pre World Cup tournament in South Korea.
The Eaglets met Brazil in a pre-World Cup tournament tagged Suwon Invitational Four-Nation Championship in South Korea where the Nigerian lads beat Bra­zil 2-1 in one of the matches, and Coach Amuneke is sure nothing has changed since then noting that his boys are battle ready to shock the Brazilians again as they did in Suwon.
“My boys are in high spirit to take on Brazil. We met them in Suwon and we beat them 2-1. We are aware that this is a World Cup situation; we will come up with a good plan to play Brazil. We are candidates to win the title and so are the Brazilians. We will work to put up a good fight. We’ll continue to work and believe in ourselves and through hard work and com­mitment; we will get there,” he said.
The coach, a former Super Ea­gles winger has however warned his players not to be carried away by the victories recorded so far in Chile, adding that they have not gotten to their desired destination until the ultimate trophy is won.
“We are not there yet, the road to the final is still far. I want to assure that we will give a good ac­count of our work against Brazil,” said the coach. Amuneke hailed the support his team is receiving from football fans in the country and like Oliver Twist, he is asking for more as the World Cup is get­ting tougher.
“I’m grateful to Nigerians for giving me the opportunity to serve. They should continue to believe in us. We’re together in this and we’ll work collectively to win the World Cup again,” he said.
President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick is also confident that the Golden Eaglets will do Nigeria proud.
“I must start by pouring encomi­ums on the players and officials of the Golden Eaglets, not just for the victory over Australia that has taken us closer to the objective of retain­ing the trophy, but also for their general comportment and discipline which has been acknowledged by all at the World Cup in Chile.