Nigeria U17’s John Lazarus and David Enogela are eyeing their pound of flesh against Croatia U17 when both sides meet on Friday night at the Fifa U17 World Cup in Chile.
The Golden Eaglets lost 3-2 to Dario Basic boys at the 2015 Suwon International Youth championship staged in South Korea despite the Africans leading with few minutes to the end of the game.
Both teams meet again in the final Group A game of the U17 World Cup at the Estadio Francisco Sanchez in Coquimbo, and the duo have vowed not to repeat same mistakes against Croatia.
“We were unlucky against Croatia in Suwon because we were leading them 2-1 until few minutes to the end of the match,” Lazarus told the NFF website.
“They got a penalty to equalise and the winning goal later and that stopped us from winning the tournament.
“We won’t allow that to happen against us on Friday and we will work harder to win.”
Enogela on his own part said: “We saw in Suwon how physical they (Croatia) can play and I agree with Lazarus that they were lucky to have beaten us.
“We are going to ensure that they don’t beat us on Friday and that means we have to be at our best, because they need the result more than us.”
Udochukwu Anumudu and Funsho Bamgboye will not be available for the Eaglets owing to card offences. Nigeria boast of six points with Croatia needing a win to scale to the next round of the championship.
Match Time: 20:00 local time (Friday, 12am Nigerian time)
Prediction: Nigeria 3-1 Croatia
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