Nigeria U17s captain, Samson Tijani, who was named Man of The Match in Golden Eaglets’ 4-2 win against Hungary in Saturday’s opening Group B match of the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil, says the team will come out better in the next match against Ecuador, Completesports.com reports.
Tijani put up a commanding performance in the comeback win, drawing Nigeria level on 20th minute after Gyorgy Komaromi shot Hungary into the lead in the 3rd minute. They regained their lead through Samuel Major’s 28th minute goal.
Captain Tijani completed his brace with late 85th minute goal after
Usman Ibrahim made it 2-2 in the 79th minute and Oluwatimilehin Adeniyi shot Nigeria into 3-2 lead in the 81st.
Soon after, the skippo heaped plaudits on his teammates for coming to the party brightly and promised the next match against Ecuador would be ‘better’.
“I’m happy that we won. I must commend my teammates for doing a good job tonight against Hungary,” Tijani said.
“We were to win our first game which is important for our confidence”.
The Golden Eaglets will be up against Ecuador in their second Group B fixture on Tuesday and Tijani who commended the Nigerian fans for standing behind them against Hungary promised Nigerians a better performance against the South Americans.
He added: “We are happy for the support Nigerians gave us against Hungary. We promise to do much better in our next match against Ecuador.”
By Sab Osuji
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Not a Hype but I see an upgrade of Ndidi in this guy, he’s a good tackler hard worker very technical and good long distance shot, in him we have a naija Yaya toure who does not only command his defense but also attacks with caution… win or lose I see future stars in this team Olusegun, Amoo, Ubani and Tijani….
…@Chima good points. That guy Amoo and Olusegun are just what is is termed “nifty” feet… oboy!
We have to wait for about three to four years to Confirm that assertion_
Your Writers are posting rubbish,is Hungary in South America?
Please read article very. “The Golden Eaglets will be up against Ecuador in their second Group B fixture on Tuesday and Tijani who commended the Nigerian fans for standing behind them against Hungary promised Nigerians a better performance against the South Americans”.
That’s the spirit, lad! Always believe in yourself and recognize the need to get better with each game. Remaining fixtures in the group stage are no cakewalk. But I’m sure these lads will rise to the occasion.
Oralivato go and read the post once again, I’m pretty sure, the writer is undoubtably correct in the usage of South America in that passage….
Oralivato he said better performance against the South Americans which is Ecuador.
Well done guys. U really showed Nigerian spirit. We are solidly behind you for the cup