The forward has now equaled Florent Pongolle and
Souleymane Coulibaly’s record of most goals in a
U17 World Cup tournament

Nigeria U17 team marched to their eight Fifa U17 World
Cup final after surviving the Mexicans scare in a thrilling
4-2 encounter played at the Estadio Municipal Ester Roa,
Concepcion on Friday morning.

Two late goals from leading top scorer Victor Osimhen and
Osinachi Ebere handed the Golden Eaglets the ticket to
battle for the trophy against Mali after Kelechi Nwakali’s
free kick and Orji Okonkwo had cancelled out Diego Cortes
and Kevin Magana’s goals.
A moment of dismay by Emmanuel Amuneke’s boys cost
them a goal in the seventh minute after Kevin Lara
delivered a tongue-in-cheek cross into the middle. Aguirre
tried to control with his chest, but Magana took charge and
fired home.

The early deficit was the tonic the Africans needed to wake
up from their slumber as they dominated play with
Osimhen coming close twice and Nwakali hitting a low
drive from the edge of the Mexican penalty area which was
saved by goalkeeper Romero.

Nigeria’s Akpan Udoh was called to duty as he made a
point blank save to deny Jose Esquivel from doubling the
lead from a close range header.
In the 35th minute, Nwakali leveled up with a curly 25-yard
free kick and with less than two minutes to halftime,
Amuneke’s wards took the lead for the first time with
Okonkwo ’s world class goal. He cuts inside from the left
onto his right foot and thumped a missile into the net.

On resumption of the second half, El Tri found their tempo
as Cortes stepped up to score a fantastic goal. He picked
up the ball on the Mexican right just inside the Nigerian half
and proceeded to dribble past five players, showing
incredible close control before slotting calmly past Udoh.
Not too long, Ebere gave the Eaglets the lead. His right-
footed effort was too strong for Romero, who got a hand to
the strike but could not keep it out.

John Lazarus was taken down in the Mexican penalty area,
giving Osimhen the chance to score his ninth goal of Chile
2015 and go level at the top of the all-time U-17 World Cup
goalscoring charts. He slotted home with ease, adding
sheen to the Golden Eaglets victory.
Nigeria face Mali in Vina Del Mar on Sunday for an all-
African final against continental champions Mali while
Mexico will face off against Belgium in the match for third
place.

Goodluck to them