The Golden Eaglets have created a ton of alternatives within the match, however they’ve only one objective to indicate for it
Golden Eaglets coach Nduka Ugbade has promised that his crew can be ruthless in entrance of objective once they play South Africa of their last group recreation of the 2023 Below-17 Africa Cup of Nations, Soccernet.ng reviews.
Nigeria have been among the finest groups on the U-17 AFCON to date. Their smooth actions, elegant dribbling, and tempo have been a testomony to the quantity of expertise within the crew.
The Golden Eaglets additionally create a variety of goalscoring alternatives. Nonetheless, their hand is their incapacity to transform these probabilities into objectives. It was evident of their first recreation in opposition to Zambia.
They eventually won it 1-0, however the identical drawback haunted them of their second recreation in opposition to Morocco which they lost by a lone goal.
The Golden Eaglets had 27 makes an attempt on objective, however solely 4 have been heading in the right direction, and none rattled the online. Nigeria play South Africa of their last group recreation, and they’re condemned to take no less than a draw from the fixture.
Forward of the sport, coach Ugbade has asserted that he’s conscious of their issues in entrance of objective. However he guarantees an enchancment once they face South Africa.
“We’ve got put the defeat in opposition to Morocco behind our backs and we’re totally centered on getting consequence in opposition to South Africa,” Ugbade told CAF Media.
“We didn’t need to lose in opposition to Morocco as a result of we dominated the sport however couldn’t convert our probabilities.
“We need to be simpler, extra prolific in entrance of objective. It’s a bit complicated as a result of after we have been in Nigeria making ready, we have been scoring so many objectives however after we got here right here we’re not doing that.
“Generally with these younger ones, it’s about psychology and we’ve got addressed that.”
South Africa have proven that they will bleed. They conceded 4 objectives of their opening two video games, so the Golden Eaglets will certainly get a variety of openings.
Coach Ugbade would hope that his strikers get into their stride and put the ball within the internet on Saturday.