Eaglets want to make history – Manu

Golden Eaglets coach, Manu Garba
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Nigeria coach Manu Garba says the Golden Eaglets are determined to win the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates to make history.

Nigeria are seeking to win the title for the fourth time at UAE 2013. The Eaglets won the tournament in 1985, 1993 and 2007. South American powerhouse Brazil have also won the championship thrice.

And Manu maintains Nigeria will be the first side to lift the trophy for the fourth time, saying his team’s performance in Tuesday’s defeat of Iran has convinced him.

Goals from Samuel Okon, Kelechi Iheanacho,  Musa Muhammed and Musa Yahaya helped Nigeria to a 4-1 defeat of the Iranians in Al Ain City to set up a quarterfinal clash with Uruguay.

“I said earlier that my attack is blistering and I still maintain that it will be difficult for any team to stop us from scoring because our team love scoring goals, “said Manu at the post-match conference.

“We don’t pretend we are an attacking team, though there are still a few errors. But we are going to correct them as we go further in the competition.”

Assistant coach Nduka Ugbade said the team were not bothered by Brazil.

He said, “We don’t want to be bothered with the tag of favourites and our philosophy remains the same:one game at a time. Our objective right from the start was to win our matches and we continue to be guided by that.”