U-17 WC: No room for error against Australia, says Amuneke

Taiwo Adelu

Chief Coach of Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets, Emmanuel Amuneke has warned his boys against committing errors that could cost the team the game against Australia in the ongoing Chile 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Nigeria are meeting the Aussies on Wednesday at the Estadio Sausalito in Vina Der Mar in the Round of 16 match of the World Cup.

Amuneke reminded the Eaglets that the knockout stage of the championship is a different ball game to the preliminaries where a team can still salvage any error committed in a match.

“The group stage is different from the knockout stage, this I have told the boys,” said Amuneke on Monday.

“We will come out with better plans against Australia and I have told the team that there should be no room for errors as we did against Croatia in our last group match.

“I’m happy that there is no injury concern in the team, we will prepare a very good fight for the Aussies. The boys know that we are getting to the crucial stage of the tournament where we should not lose focus and not be complacent, but take the game as it comes” said the former Nigerian international.

The coach called on Nigerians to continue praying for the Eaglets as the road to success is not easy

Round of 16 Fixtures

Wednesday, 28 October

Brazil-New Zealand (17.00)
Mexico-Chile (17.00)
Nigeria-Australia (20.00)
Korea Republic-Belgium (20.00)

Thursday 29 October

Croatia-Germany (17.00)
Mali-Korea DPR (17.00)
Russia-Ecuador (20.00)
France-Costa Rica (20.00)