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U17 AFCON: Ugbade reacts to Morocco, South Africa Threats
Reacting to the U17 African Cup of Nations draw, Golden Eaglets gaffer Nduka Ugbade, has expressed confidence within the group’s skill to excel within the competitors.
Nigeria was drawn in group B in opposition to Morocco, South Africa and Zambia. The group should navigate its strategy to the semi-finals, to choose up one in all 4 out there tickets to the U17 World Cup in Peru, later this yr.
Reacting to the draw, Ugbade mentioned that the Golden Eaglets will seize the match by the scruff of the neck and do all they’ll to get via the primary spherical.
“Morocco is a group that I do know very nicely and contemplating what they simply did on the World Cup, I feel their U-17 facet will likely be motivated to do the identical. And South Africa has exploded by way of soccer and that’s purported to get us fearful a bit simply as Zambia is at all times identified for good soccer as nicely,” Ugbade mentioned.
“I imagine they are going to have sufficient velocity, energy, endurance and energy to compete however understanding that we now have gained the World Cup 5 instances, and that we’re favourites for the competitors, we’re not taking a look at our group alone.
“So, we now have to win our first two video games and look to determine some authority within the knockouts. And we all know profitable the quarter-final sends us to the World Cup.
“We won’t be collaborating, we will likely be competing and in our competitors, we’ll be a part of the contenders as a result of we’re already a nation that’s identified to have gained the match,” he concluded.
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