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AIG07:
Sir. GoodJOE, sir. lexyman, sir. tbaba, sir. TheSuperNERD,miss Safari, miss Shizzy(seems you like sports o) I see all of una. Congratulations to our boys. Though I didn't watch d match live but was able to join nairaland viewing center for the second half. A match indeed kept me sitting down n refreshing, loading new pages.
We are Africans! WE ARE NIGERIANS. A continent where football is made. Can't wait for the final

BascoVanVeli:
Osimhen seems to have gotten greedy.

Holders Nigeria have reached their second
consecutive final thanks to a thrilling 4-2 victory
against Mexico in Concepcion.
Mexico opened the scoring through Kevin
Magana, with stunning efforts from Kelechi
Nwakali and Orji Okwonkwo seeing the African
side ahead. Diego Cortes's remarkable solo
effort levelled matters, before Osinachi Ebere
and Victor Osimhen's late record-equalling
penalty saw the Golden Eaglets into an all-
African final against Mali.
Mexico controlled the ball in the opening stages
of the match, and took the lead early on. Kevin
Lara beat his man on the Mexican right and
delivered a teasing cross into the middle. Aguirre
tried to control with his chest, but Magana took
charge and fired home.
Emmanuel Amuneke's side began to grow into
the game, with Kelechi Nwakali hitting a low
drive from the edge of the Mexican penalty area
with his venomous drive stinging the palms of
Romero before the ball was cleared away.
The game see-sawed back Mexico's way, with a
free-kick from the Mexican left headed
goalwards by Jose Esquivel. The chance forced
a superb point blank stop by Akpan Udoh, onto
the crossbar and eventually cleared behind.
Nigeria rode their luck, with a couple of good
Mexican opportunities and after riding the storm,
managed to level things up thanks to the superb
technique of their captain. Nwakali lined up a
free-kick from around 25 yards, and curled a
perfect effort into the bottom left-hand corner.
Romero stood no chance.
Amuneke's charges sensed their opponents were
on the back foot, and Okwonkwo took advantage,
producing one of the moments of the tournament
to see his side ahead. He cut inside from the
left onto his right foot and thumped an effort in
off the crossbar.
After the break, Mexico took time to reassert
their rhythm after the shock of going behind.
Cortes then stepped up to score what must be
considered one of the best goals ever scored in
the Estadio Ester Roa. 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.
Nigeria were undeterred by Cortes's golazo
and struck back. Ebere found space on the
Nigerian right just inside the Mexican penalty
area after a long through ball. 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 gloss to the Golden Eaglets victory.
Nigeria head to 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 earlier the same day.

tbaba1234:
What was the goal record last year? Mali look very strong, it should be our toughest game. This Mexican team is multi-talented as well.

Nwakali had his best game.

safarigirl:
26 by the Golden Eaglets. They're not breaking that record.


Meanwhile, abeg, why Una coach dey always frown?

AIG07:
good one from you Sir. Icon4s
thanks for this insightful piece.
But seriously Amuneke has proved most nigerians wrong including me. going into this tourney no one ever gave him to go far like this considering his performance at d african stage.
We all hope d eaglets re-write history @d stadio. Goodluck to d lads. Sir Mikron i salutes you where ever u de.

TheSuperNerd:
Hahaha....... Sir....... There are a lot of things I don't support as a Christian......

And part of that is being "overly religious" about things..........

If I bring up my displeasure with the world in the manner u did........ Mehnn!!! I'll end up not achieving my aims of "showing people" the light......

There are ways to go about things..... And there are ways to say things......but Religion has limited the views of many to see things in "black and white" views only.......*smiles*

Sir, I'm a Christian in the mold of 1 John.3v9....... Yeah.... But I will not take the "judgmental route" on others because of their "HAIRSTYLES".

Some Christians even see keeping a well groomed Afro as "flamboyant"...... This issue has many sides....... So YOU CAN'T JUST SAY IT SHOWS INDISCIPLINE.

In my post, I said.... Yes!! It shows indiscipline and no vision in "SOME" BUT NOT "IN ALL"......

I never said u were wrong or right...... But I did say..... It's better to just move over some things because of the "MULTI-FACETED" NATURE THEY COMMAND.....

DISCIPLINE AND SUCCESS WILL ALWAYS BE AN ISSUE OF THE HEART/MIND......... NEVER HAIRSTYLES......

BUT THAT IS NOT TO SAY I WANT EVERYONE TO BE CARE-FREE WITH WHATEVER HAIRSTYLE THEY WANT......... I BELIEVE IN THE APPLICATION OF MODERATION TO APPROPRIATE ISSUES OF LIFE SO AS TO KEEP ONE "GROUNDED".........

So yeah..... I do like Safarigirl.... Just the way I like: TheGoodJoe (super analyst)..... Icon4s ( Oga "Experience"...... though we have differences and yet I'm his favorite bible story *winks*)...... Joseph1013 (Boss)........ Terzurum5 (posted a write-up of mine in the u-20 thread while I was still on SL10.ng..... **he mite not recall** he's a Great OP)...... BascoVanVeli (ever so ready to dissect issues.... Great sense of humor)......... DannyCrusoe(cool smart guy)........ Adeyemi2015 (very interesting fellow but still got eyes on u so pls watch it **smiles**)....... Mikron (an ok guy)....... AIG07 (cool and calculated)......... Orkpekyandega (another excellent OP)....... Tbaba1234 (he's just too legendary...... Drops not more than 3-4 lines..... Like a wise owl...*smiles* )......... Linked (a good guy with a funny name..... "Linked".... Linked to what?? Very smart)....... POintblank (don't know where he is rite now..... But his views in the u-20 thread stays with me)........ Am I forgetting anyone alse?? Yeah, I did forget one more..... I know there are few others but the name "Blueto" comes to mind ..... Yeah I like him too (love his art of sesquipedalianism...... His words and sentences can cause "brain signals traffic
" not in mine sha..... He's smart and funny with "big words"


Well, so u see Sir...... I try to be "honest" and "straightforward" and always "devoid of Forming Cliches"........

So that's it....... *smiles*

........................................................................................

But really, do u think My posts are "almost flawless"?? Hmmmm...... Na wa o!!!!!!!!!!!!

Abeg..... I just try to be "Me".........**smiles**

safarigirl:
Top Scoring vs. Best Attacking


Top Goal Scorer vs. Top Goal Saver

Ayaff already share award, make FIFA no spoil am.

Golden Boot- Osimhen
Silver Boot- Eggestein (barring last minute changes)
Bronze boot- Nwakali (,, ,, ,, ,,)

..

Golden Ball- Nwakali
Silver ball- Chakweze (barring any last minute changes)
Bronze Ball- Some Other Player



Golden Glove- Diarra *wipes tears*

FairPlay Award- Belgium ( Bamgboye disqualified us and the ages of some of the Mexican and Malian players are questionable)



it should end this way, give or take a few names