joseph1013:
[b][size=14pt]Manu promises to beat Brazil in World Cup[/size]



Flying Eagles coach Manu Garba has promised his team will beat Brazil in their U20 World Cup clash in New Zealand.

The African champions have yet to beat the South Americans at this level with their best result achieved 10 years ago when they drew goalless on their way to reaching their second U20 World Cup final in Holland.

The Flying Eagles take on the Samba stars on June 1 in New Plymouth to kick start their 2015 campaign.

Manu said he will be going for broke against the five-time world champions.

“I respect all the teams who have qualified for this championship and that includes Brazil, who have been good at this level, but believe you me, Brazil is Brazil and Nigeria is Nigeria,” he began.

“Brazil have won the World Cup several times, but Nigeria have got silver twice and a bronze.

“At U17 level, we are rated No.1 in the world. And half of the team to New Zealand are from the last U17 team. We are a united team who have conquered the world at U17 level and we have now been joined by other players who are more technically balanced than some of them from the U17s. So, I believe we are ready to take on any team.

“But I also know that the first match in any tournament is the most important and so we will do all we can to pick up the maximum three points against Brazil, which will go a long way to motivate the team in subsequent matches.

He continued: “I could recall Mexico came to last U17 World Cup as defending champions and they had not lost a match for two years. But against a Nigerian side, who did not play a test game for a month, we defeated them 6-1.

“This is not to say we will be overconfident. We are confident in ourselves to beat Brazil in our opening game.” [/b]

tbaba1234:
Our friends, Tahiti beat Argentina under 20 3-1.

AIG07:

you mean se na d same country wey no get professional national team to play us @d 2013 Confederation cup Don gather good u-20 team which fit beat d Argentines. Abeg if naija boys play as team dem go run riot at this tourney. #FLYflyingEAGLES

safarigirl:
Biko, these people should allow us relish in our excitement and stop reminding us of the failures of over-aged men of 1987 and 2005

When you send men to play with boys, do you expect to win the younger, faster kids? We are talking of pacy, dogged, insatiable BOYS and people want to place them side-by-side with slow, unserious, nonchallant men. Why?

These boys make their own destiny, can anyone tell us the preparation of the past teams? How many games did they play enroute the Championships? How many wins did they have? How many draws and losses? What were the stats of their best players? How many goals per match? What about clubs? What clubs bought them? What clubs did they play for? What were their records for those clubs? What about team work? How well did they work as a team?

The next person that wants to be smart and make comparisons better do so in totality. We don't want partial comparisons

LeeCodeman:
I think Moses has been released. He is not in Gent's lineup for the match that has started. I cant find Iheanacho too in Man City's lineup.

tbaba1234:


Moses and Iheanacho are travelling to new zealand today.

joxxy01:
My Fear now is that the expectations of millions fans is too high..I pray it doesn't affect the Flying Eagles psyche.

TheGoodJoe:


What we need from these boys is for them to pay attention to their coaches and play strictly to instructions. Fear or confidence is not as important as them sticking to the plans of their coaches on the field of play. That is what will help them win the title. They are in good hands.

TheGoodJoe:


What we need from these boys is for them to pay attention to their coaches and play strictly to instructions. Fear or confidence is not as important as them sticking to the plans of their coaches on the field of play. That is what will help them win the title. They are in good hands.

LeeCodeman:


[b]I have said many times that forget these players, the superstar(s) in this team is the coaching crew headed by Manu Garba. Isnt this the same country that Eguavoen, Keshi (many dont know that Keshi failed as an age-grade coach), John Obu and the likes have picked from to go to the age-grade tournaments? It takes tremendous efforts to scout players and achieve with them from the grassroots. I'm not just impressed with this, I'm impressed with his tactical awareness. he seems to know his own weaknesses even before outsiders find them out. What more can you ask for?

I hope he continues with this philosophy because it is the only one that can ensure that our age grade football produce stars that foreign clubs will fall all over for. Almost every member of this team is being offered a pre-tournament agreement. From Saviour to Bulbwa to Mustapha to Musa to Matthew to Sokari. Through this man, Nwakali, Iheanacho, Success, Ezeh, Alampasu have all gotten foreign clubs. When last did we see this happen to our boys?

I just cant wait for the tournament to start[/b]

safarigirl:
these ones and Mali just want to go and embarrass themselves in New Zealand. Especially those otondo Malians.

As far as Africa is concerned, na only Nigeria and Ghana waka come New Zealand, the others just escort them

tbaba1234:
Our friends, Tahiti beat Argentina under 20 3-1.

tbaba1234:


Moses and Iheanacho are travelling to new zealand today.

TheGoodJoe:
I like comparing upcoming talents with great players of the past. It makes it easy for people to know what to expect when they watch these players.

Earlier, I pointed that Awoniyi, plays a lot like Nicholas Anelka although Awoniyi's finishing techniques is not as good as a young Anelka but the young lad is getting there.

Watching Nacho (K10 - TheSuperNerd note - Similar to K9) play against Manchester United, I noticed he is changing to play like left footed Thierry Henry. Watch when he evaded a tackle of a Manchester United defender by jumping over him.

I think Vieira spotted it because he played with Henry at Arsenal and for the French National team.

TheGoodJoe:
I am surprised you remember coach Keshi's U17 outing. If I am correct, his team crashed out of the group stage of the African U17 championship and we did not win a game. That was a bad time. I actually watched Coach Keshi grow as a Coach.

You are right the coaching crew and Coach Manu Garba are the true stars of this team. We are reaping the dividends of their hard work and I feel they will achieve more with this boys.

safarigirl:
The way that United defender fell flat on his face when he tried to tackle Kelechi reminds me of how Boateng fell when he went for Messi. Who else sees the similarities?

TheSuperNerd:



Men of Excellence are known for their actions but before their actions they are known by their words.
How Manu Garba spoke in this brief interview is how True Champions talk. Champions speak with Absolute conviction and their confidence stems from Information they have that others dont know about or may knw about but dont have keen details of. But ultimately, the confidence of a Champion stems from total belief in Himself (and if he's a leader, in his team also).
Manu Garba, Nduka Ugbade and The Boys ooze these qualities... THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY THEY JUST CAN'T BE BEATEN...

imcam:

do u av an idea if alfa was droped from d full squad

imcam:

do u av an idea if alfa was droped from d full squad

tbaba1234:


The tahiti senior team beat Argentina under20.