Golden Eaglets Finish Third In Suwon Tourney After Losing To Croatia

The 2015 Continental Cup International Youth Soccer U-17 Championships came to an end on Sunday with world champions Nigeria finishing third in the tournament.

In the Golden Eaglets final group match, the Emmanuel Amuneke - led side lost 3 - 2 to Croatia while Brazil saw off the hosts 2 - 0.

Thus, Brazil won the tournament with 6 points in the kitty after three games while Croatia are in second place despite having the same number of points with the Golden Eaglets.

The Europeans scored 6 goals and conceded 6 while Nigeria netted five times and their defense let in 5 goals.

Emmanuel Amuneke used the competition to determine the strength and weakness of his team ahead of the Fifa Under 17 World Cup in Chile next month.