The tactician is eager on main the Golden Eaglets to the worldwide soccer showpiece by defeating the Burkinabe

Nigeria are pushed by the ambition to qualify for the 2023 FIFA U17 World Cup, in line with coach Nduka Ugbade.

The Golden Eaglets bounced again from their 1-0 loss to Morocco to beat South Africa 3-2 in a five-goal thriller, to earn a quarter-final ticket.

The West Africans are joint-most profitable group within the U17 Africa Cup of Nations – nonetheless, they need to negotiate their well beyond Burkina Faso for a spot within the final 4.

Though they’re within the run for a 3rd African crown, the previous Tremendous Eagle has revealed an even bigger motivation in opposition to the Child Stallions.

“This match might be necessary for us as it can qualify us for the World Cup,” Ugbade instructed Caf website.

“Burkina faso has a very good group and we now have performed in opposition to them earlier than and we skilled a really troublesome match. We count on it to be the identical within the quarter ultimate,” Ugbade mentioned.

“My message earlier than the match to the gamers is that these competitions are normally intense, and I instructed them we should have the need and play the match because it ought to, and burdened that profitable makes us qualify for the World Cup.”

Nigeria are probably the most profitable group on the world championship – profitable the event for a report 5 instances, with their most up-to-date triumph on the 2015 version staged in Chile.

Ought to they breeze previous Brahima Traore’s group on the Nelson Mandela Stadium, they are going to lock horns in opposition to Senegal within the final 4.

The Terranga Cubs strolled previous South Africa 5-0 of their quarter-final outing on Wednesday night.