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Nigeria Cause U20 World Cup Upset, Bosso Moves Stealthy
For 90minutes Nigerians collectively held their breath because the Flying Eagles battled their method to inflicting a serious upset on the FIFA U20 World Cup.
In a nerve-racking spherical of 16 match and earlier than a packed Estadio San Juan del Bicentenario, Nigeria dealt Argentina a serious blow, ending the host Nation’s hopes of a title defence of the U20 World Cup.
Clearly the underdogs heading into the sport, Ladan Bosso led a group that completed third in its group – from first place. Scored solely three targets and had historical past stacked in opposition to it (2-0).
Though Bosso had analyzed how the group was constructed on energy, stamina and velocity of gamers, Focus and Grit appear to be their largest belongings.
They lacked it in opposition to Brazil and have been punished for it, however in opposition to Javier Mascherano’s Los Cebollitas, who had conceded simply as soon as and had breezed by way of three video games with a haul of 13 targets scored, Bosso performed easy Checkers.
His emphasis pre-tournament had at all times been on doing the needful; be efficient and win reasonably than concentrate on aesthetics and battle.
He informed brila.web, the group was delayed on preparation for the event, and the final resort was to hunt and stick to solely the requirements.
An enormous consequence for Nigeria on Wednesday and as he patted his youthful reverse quantity, after the ultimate whistle, the main target will shortly shift to the Quarter-final opponent.
It is a scenario that the 55 year-old Coach is all too aware of, being he has simply equalled his earlier greatest end on the World Cup.
Again in 2007, the Flying Eagles have been eradicated within the final 8, Bosso’s group held their very own till extra-time, however capitulated 4-0 to Chile.
The following fixture poses an even bigger take a look at, and now maybe greater than earlier than Bosso must be a strategist, and his doubters, much less antagonistic.
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