Emmanuel Amuneke Singles Out Victor Osimhen For Special Praise
Coach Emmanuel Amuneke has praised the Golden Eaglets and Victor Osimhen in particular after they defeated Australia 6 - 0 to advance to the last eight of the Fifa Under 17 World Cup.<br /><br />The Nigeria boss fancies his team’s chances of winning the title for the fifth time but is aware that Brazil are one of the favourites too.<br /><br />“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, ” Amuneke told fifa.com.<br /><br />“Victor (Osimhen) had a great game, although the philosophy of this team is to play collectively. <br /><br />“We are candidates to win the title, but so are Brazil. We will work to put up a good fight. ” <br /><br />The Golden Eaglets will square off against Brazil at the <span class="mh-i-stadium">Estadio Sausalito</span><span class="mh-i-venue">Vina Del Mar on Sunday, November 1, starting from 2000 hours Nigerian time.</span><br /><br />Photo Credit : fifa.com<br />
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