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END OF THE ROAD FOR NIGERIA AS BENIN WHIP EAGLETS 3 – 0.
Nigeria’s hope of competing in the Algeria 2009 U-17 African Championship, was dashed last Sunday following their 3 – 0 bashing in the hands of the young squirrels of Benin Republic in Cotonou. The Golden Eaglets went into the match with a 2 – 0 advantage, but were however shadow of themselves in the return leg, leaving the benenoise to dominate the stage from the blast of the whistle. The host superiority was not in doubt as they finished their visitors on the counters. The Nigerian team failed to click in all area of the game. The Eaglets could not fight back or press goals as the team battle to contain the host until the third goal which came in the last minute of the game, buried the ambition of the country to move on. It would be recalled that the Golden Eaglets won FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea last year under the lat coach Tella Yemi. Nigeria’s hope of participating in the U-17 World Cup next year now depends on FIFA confirmation of the country as the host of the cadet championship.
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