FIFA U-17 World Cup: Golden Eaglets give Ecuador coach sleepless night

After the way and manner Golden Eaglets demolished Hungary in their FIFA U-17 World Cup opening game on Saturday in Brazil,

Ecuador’s coach, Javier Rodríguez, has been having sleepless nights on how to defeat Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets in the second game today (Tuesday), despite beating Australia 2-1 too.

The match will kickoff at 9pm Nigerian time.

The coach has been trying to map out fresh strategy on how to subdue the never-say-die Golden Eaglets  team who rose up from early shock during their game against Hungary to win the match 4-2 on Saturday.

Ecuador’s coach believes that it would be difficult for any team to beat a relentless squad from Nigeria.

Despite conceding the opening goal three minutes into the match, Nigeria were quick to regain control of the tempo on the pitch against Hungary.

Coach Rodriguez has been on the drawing board, trying to discover the secret weapon of Manu Garba boys who kept their tactics during the pre-tournament event to prove their rating at the event proper in Brazil.

FIFA had told the world that Nigeria cadet side were the team to beat in the tournament while considering the strength of the team coached in the previous events by Coach Manu Garba.

But Ecuador is not a side to be pushed aside also, as Nigeria needs to work hard to beat the hard-fighting team to forge ahead in the competition.

Ecuador’s speedy, technical wide players caused problems for Australia from the beginning.

Forward Pedro Vite’s barreling run and cross forced the friendly fire in the ninth minute.

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