Golden Eaglets head coach, Nduka Ugbade says his young guns are highly motivated ahead of their quarterfinal clash against Burkina Faso. The two-time
Golden Eaglets head coach, Nduka Ugbade says his young guns are highly motivated ahead of their quarterfinal clash against Burkina Faso.
The two-time champions will battle the Young Stallions at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Algiers on Thursday. Aside from a place in the last four, the winner of the contest will also earn a ticket to the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup. “This match will be important for us as it will qualify us for the World Cup. Burkina Faso has a really good team, and we have played against them before and we experienced a very difficult match. We expect it to be the same in the quarterfinals,” Ugbade told a press conference on Wednesday.
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