A former Super Eagles assistant coach, Joe Erico, believes the Flying Eagles can reach the final of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt if the team corrects its mistakes in the matches it played in the group phase.

The Flying Eagles had a shaky start to the tournament, losing their first two matches, but came back to beat Tahiti 5-0, which was enough to qualify for the second round.

Erico advised the team to seize the opportunity and prove to the world that they are a great side.

He said ”We are very lucky to have made it to the second round, despite the poor start but we have to look at it from the positive side of it and play some good football from now on.

“It happens like that in football, sometimes you play well and get no result and sometimes you play badly and the result favours you. What they should do now is to utilise that opportunity by making sure they reach the final so that the whole world will know that we are serous.”

The former international said the team would get better with more matches in the tournament, insisting that with the performance so far all the team needed was discipline to convert half chances.




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