Mexico Coach Believes He Has The Blueprint To Beat Nigeria

Speaking ahead of the semi - final clash against the Golden Eaglets, Mexico Under - 17s coach Mario Arteaga reckons that his team are brimming with quality and is optimistic that they will see off the defending champs on Thursday night.

It is expected that there will be a lot of goals in today’s game as Nigeria have scored the most goals in the tournament, 17, while the CONCACAF side have managed 10 goals.

“Every game is played differently, according to how the rival approaches you, we see now that Mexico may be in a game mode, ” Mario Arteaga was quoted as saying by mediotiempo.com.

“If we do our thing, if we are creating football, if we are coming from the side, if we are entering the area, if we are defining, if we do a good brand to attack, if we do two to one on the sides and throughout our midfield and may be control the game.”

Nigeria won their fourth U17 title in the United Arab Emirates after beating Mexico 3 - 0 in the showpiece game.

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