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Friday, 6 November 2015

Golden Eaglets defeat Mexico, to play U-17 final against Mali

Nigerian Golden Eaglets continued their impressive run at the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup as they defeated Mexico 4-2 to advance to the final of the Championship. The Mexican team got the first goal of the game 7 minutes into the game through Magana, before Kelechi Nwakali got the equalizer in the 35th minute.

Young player Orji Okonkwo put the Golden Eaglets in front just before the half time break with a well-taken free-kick as the Eaglets ended the first on a high note.

The Mexicans increased the tempo of the game in the second half and were rewarded when D. Cortes’s shot found the back of the net. Osinachi Ebere restored the Golden Eaglet’s lead before Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen made it 4 with a penalty to take his goal tally to 9 goals in the 2015 U-17 World CUP Championship in Chile.

Nigeria will now face Mali in an all African Final on Sunday.
at 11/06/2015 07:53:00 am

50 comments:

  1. jamal cojo6 November 2015 at 07:56

    I see Nigeria winning...#5 times

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    1. Unknown6 November 2015 at 16:07

      Wow congratulations eaglets
      ~D great anonymous!

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  2. Anonymous6 November 2015 at 07:56

    Ok
    Comment frm ROYAL PRIESTHOOD (royalpriesthood007@gmail.com)

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  3. Anonymous6 November 2015 at 07:56

    Africa in the house, woop, woop!

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  4. Unknown6 November 2015 at 07:57

    Wow nice one

    But Linda that eaglets got me thinking that you wanted to write 'EGGPLANT'

    I know you love plenty of it

    Aunty eggplant.


    That vuvuzela P guy

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  5. Unknown6 November 2015 at 07:57

    Eaglets are making Naija proud.



    Sincerely speaking the mind of Amadioha

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  6. Cute G6 November 2015 at 07:58

    Another spectacular performance frm them. I hope they replicate this form beyond the junior level.

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  7. Unknown6 November 2015 at 07:59

    Honestly De did us proud

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  8. Mrs telema ronaldo(CR7 wife in making)6 November 2015 at 08:00

    Yay,we are winning the trophy,GO eaglet

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  9. Anonymous6 November 2015 at 08:00

    Here we come....
    D trophy is all ours for am already celebrating even though dis google proove is u r not a robot is dulling itsef and not me bcos I wil alwaz comment on my gracious LIB.

    Big cograts to dis boys and I see them going far. Thumbs up and more power to their elbows.

    Comment frm ROYAL PRIESTHOOD (royalpriesthood007@gmail.com)

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  10. Unknown6 November 2015 at 08:00

    Will definitely not miss that Sunday match, please can someone tell me d time for the match on Sunday?

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  11. NaijaDeltaBabe6 November 2015 at 08:01

    My boys r doing well

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  12. Bonita Bislam6 November 2015 at 08:02

    Impressive performance from our boys.I'll bet with my bank account that they'll lift the trophy.

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  13. obietrezy6 November 2015 at 08:04

    I wish them success in the finals....... Jor oh

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  14. Unknown6 November 2015 at 08:05

    Nigeria always create new plays as soon as they get to senior team they start misbehaving. Congrats to them and they should not be like others..

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  15. Uduibor Richard6 November 2015 at 08:05

    Linda, Orji Okonkwo Scored No FreeKick.. it Was Kelechi Nwakali. And The Picture You Got Their Of Em' Is Outdated.. That's The Set Of 2011

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  16. Uduibor Richard6 November 2015 at 08:06

    Linda, Orji Okonkwo Scored No FreeKick.. it Was Kelechi Nwakali. And The Picture You Got Their Of Em' Is Outdated.. That's The Set Of 2011

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  17. seeker!6 November 2015 at 08:11

    Good boys! Carry on

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  18. Noblism6 November 2015 at 08:13

    Is it just me, or did Linda not watch this match, or is it a case of copy and paste gone wrong

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  19. Blog It With Olivia6 November 2015 at 08:19

    Nice




















    #It WiLL oNLy gEt beTTer
    #iT MuSt eNd IN pRAisE

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  20. Unknown6 November 2015 at 08:20

    WOw! This boys are fire! I hope they win this title for the record 5th time.

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  21. Unknown6 November 2015 at 08:20

    WOw! These boys are fire! I hope they win this title for the record 5th time.





    These boys are ROBOTS!








    *

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  22. Honeyshegs6 November 2015 at 08:20

    Linda! Okonkwo's goal was not from a free kick,it's was from a thunder bolt that Thunder Balogun would have been proud of

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  23. Anonymous6 November 2015 at 08:24

    Tnk U Jesus, to U b d glory. Eaglets weldon guyz. Victory in d finalz IJN

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  24. Honeyshegs6 November 2015 at 08:26

    This picture of the Eaglets is from some years back,nice work sha

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  25. ary6 November 2015 at 08:35

    They scored some pretty good goals in that match. Mexico had a brilliant team, fast and pacey, we only won because we preserved. Wish them luck against Mali

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  26. Unknown6 November 2015 at 09:05

    Congrats brothers, keep making us proud. Linda take note!

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  27. Unknown6 November 2015 at 09:05

    Congrats brothers, keep making us proud. Linda take note!

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  28. Unknown6 November 2015 at 09:06

    Bring home the trophy guys! Wish them all the best!!!

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  29. Unknown6 November 2015 at 09:19

    beta pikins

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  30. Unknown6 November 2015 at 09:21

    Nice one our able boys, keep making us proud, may the Lord strengthen u guys, AMEN, now go and bring the trophy home, we are behide u brothers, #NaGodWin#

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  31. Anonymous6 November 2015 at 09:22

    Linda pls this boys has their own pic why old pic nah??

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  32. Bawcee6 November 2015 at 09:22

    The first Nigerian goal was a free-kick from the captain, Nwakali and not Orji Okonkwo. Orji Okonkwo scored Nigeria's second goal with an outside eighteen thunder bolt.
    The match was a cracker as expected. My sleepless night was not in vain because Nigeria won the match by 4 goals to 2 against their opponent, Mexico. However, these Mexico guys dey tap leather ooo. Dem never lose any match for this tournament until they met their match in Nigeria. They're very swift, and they used their speed against Nigeria to score us first. Nigeria equalized later and made it 2-1 before halftime. Second half, Mexico equalized through Cortes, their number 2 man who sprinted past the Nigerian defenders like a rocket and poached the ball into the goal with a calmly controlled finish. It was all squared again. Then Nigeria dominated the possession and their doggedness paid off. They were rewarded with a goal. It then became 3-2. Towards the final whistle, we committed the Mexicans and their was an infringement inside the 18 yards box which resulted to a penalty. Osimhen, the young Nigerian forward who's the current highest goal scorer of the tournament with 8 goals came up and slotted the ball into the bottom right corner, sending the keeper the wrong way. This took the Nigerian number 9's goal tally to his 9th goal of the tournament. What a way to introduce yourself to the world stage. So, Nigeria will face Mali, their fellow African team in the finals on Sunday. Mali qualified by knocking out Belgium in a thriller which ended 3-1 in favour of the Malians.

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  33. Anonymous6 November 2015 at 09:31

    Go Nigeria show the world we run this murder.

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  34. knowurway.com6 November 2015 at 09:46

    Wow! Big congrats to our boys, una do well oh!.

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  35. KING Nwa AMAKA6 November 2015 at 09:47

    So proud of them.

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  36. Anonymous6 November 2015 at 09:49

    Nice one
    Thumbs up 2 dem
    More of dis kinda result
    #oneandonlynwa@gmail.com#

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  37. Unknown6 November 2015 at 09:53

    An all West Africa Final !!! GREAT JOB, and Nigeria will make it.

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  38. Karlsson6 November 2015 at 09:57

    Congrats to em, they should bring the cup home

    Ubanagum

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  39. Unknown6 November 2015 at 10:31

    Des boys are good

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  40. Unknown6 November 2015 at 10:31

    Des boys are good

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  42. yawanow6 November 2015 at 10:38

    wow congrats to them

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  43. Unknown6 November 2015 at 11:09

    Congrats boys!

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  44. Unknown6 November 2015 at 12:06

    Thank u boys ur win just made me #36,578,346 million naira richer from bet9ja.

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  45. Unknown6 November 2015 at 12:30

    Congrats bios, it's time to bring the trophy back home again. Goodluck in advance. (Linda's finest)

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  46. Unknown6 November 2015 at 12:37

    The boys made me proud last night. Congratulations to them.






















    #TeamBlessed#

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  47. Unknown6 November 2015 at 14:40

    Better pikin. Not those ranking dropping to 59

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  48. Unknown6 November 2015 at 18:38

    i see Nigeria winning.

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  49. Anonymous6 November 2015 at 23:57

    What do you expect when 27-33 years old men are playing against honest 17 years old boys. Africans always triumph when it comes to under 17 championship and after 5 years,they fall like the winter wheat.

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