Amuneke Reveals Eaglets’ Success Secrets -Glad Players Converted Their Chances By Lekan Adedeji Golden Eaglets coach, Emmanuel Amuneke has revealed that the instruction he gave to the boys which they made use led to the 5-0 victory his side had over Gabon on Saturday. Nigerias U17s on Saturday thrashed Gabon 5-0 in Calabar to qualify for the African Junior Championship in Niger on a 6-2 aggregate,the Eaglets, were beaten 2-1 by Gabon in their Final Round-First Leg.. Nigeria started the game cautiously as the Gabonese soaked the initial pressure, but it was not too long before the visitors were put in real danger when Suleiman Abdullahi sprinted and waltzed through the right wing and pushed the ball on the path of Kingsley Michael only to be brought down in the box by Gabonese goalkeeper Noubi Fotso. Captain Nwakali scored the resultant penalty kick as he sent Fotso the other way for Nigerias first goal in the 19th minute. In the first half the Eaglets put three goals into the net of the opponents to make the African visitors hope slim. The Golden Eaglets continued their domination at the restart but were lucky not to have conceded a goal in the 50th minute when Banini Bouyis incisive shot hit the post even while Akpan was rooted to the spot. Kehinde Ayinde who came in for injured Michael, grabbed Nigerias fourth goal and fifth goal in the 78th minute and 90th minute to the delight of everyone at the U.J Esuene Stadium. The coach told Brilar Fm,: ”We have a very good side but we knew that from the beginning of the game we have to take the game to them and that is exactly what we did. “The boys took the game to them, at the end of the day we were able to take our chances, in football when you create a lot of chances you have to make sure you take the chances. “I keep on telling them it doesn’t matter the time you score what matters is if you have opportunity of beating your opponents in the first five minutes, you have to do that and that is exactly what we did.” Amuneke concluded.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:40:56 +0000
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