Golden Eaglets coach Manu Garba has expressed confidence in his side ahead of Wednesday’s second group game against Angola at the ongoing Africa U17 Cup of Nations in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The Golden Eaglets beat hosts Tanzania 5-4 and a win over Angola’s U17 who edged Uganda 1-0 in their opening game in Sunday will see them advance for the semi finals of the competition and automatically qualify for the FIFA U17 World Cup slated for Brazil later this year.
“Half of the boys in my team have not been on a plane before,” Garba revealed during his pre-match conference ahead of the game.
“They are inexperienced but we will take each game as it comes and ahead of the game against Angola, ”
“I’m confident we will get a win”, H e added.
Nigeria won the Africa U17 Cup of Nations in 2001 in Seychelles and in 2007 in Togo, and were world champions in 1985 (China), 1993 (Japan), 2007 (Korea Republic), 2013 (UAE) and 2015 (Chile).
