The Golden Eaglets failed to maintain their 100 percent record at the ongoing Fifa Under 17 World Cup after losing 2 - 1 to Croatia in their final Group A fixture on Saturday morning at the <span class=\"body1\">Estadio Municipal Francisco S&aacute;nchez Rumoroso, Coquimbo.<br /><br />The Emmanuel Amuneke - led side had already secured a berth in the next round after winning their first two matches.<br /><br />The Nigeria Under 17s almost opened scoring in the 15th minute but Victor Osimhen but hit the upright and could not put away the rebound after an impressive counterattack. <br /><br />But five minutes and against the run of play, the defending champions took the lead courtesy of Victor Osimhen</span>&rsquo;s 20 minute strike, his fourth goal of the tournament, after finding himself in a one -one - one situation with Croatia goalkeeper &scaron;emper.<br /><br />The Europeans never gave up after the goal and continued to probe the Nigeria defense but did not get the equalizer until the second half. <br /><br />Skipper Moro found a way past the Golden Eaglets defense before setting up Brekalo, who scored in the 50th minute.<br /><br />On 54 minutes, Nigeria went behind for the first time in the tournament after Moro capitalized on a mistake by Enogela and made an assist for Maji&auml;&dagger;, who fired the ball past Akpan Udoh.<br /><br />In the final minutes, the Golden Eaglets had a chance to equalize but Osimhen was denied by the goalkeeper.<br /><br />In the round of 16, Nigeria will tackle the third - placed team in Group C, D or E at the Estadio Sausalito, Vi&ntilde;a del Mar.<br /><br />Photo Credit : fifa.com<br />