Eaglets striker Victor Osimhen has been tasked to put team glory ahead of his own personal ambitions in tonight’s U17 World Cup final against Mali in Chile.
Osimhen has scored nine goals at this World Cup and needs only a goal to set a new goals record at the tournament, while Nigeria are gunning for a fifth triumph at this level.
However, NFF technical committee boss Felix Anyansi-Agwu has said Osimhen should fight for the team and that way he will also meet his personal expectations.
“It is great that Victor Osimhen has equaled the all-time goals record. He has proved himself as a predator and a worthy marksman. Though the temptation will be for him to seek to break the record on Sunday, he should rather play with the team and for the team’s success and he will find out that the record he seeks (which will also be to our nation’s pride) will come naturally,” urged Anyansi.
The Enyimba boss also said the Eaglets must go for broke against fellow West Africans so as to extend their impressive run in the tournament.
“Now, this is the championship match, against Mali. We must go all out. Yes, we have the record of wins in the competition, but we must extend it,” he tasked.
“The Eaglets and their head coach Emmanuel Amuneke have shown that they deserve to be world champions.
“At the beginning of the competition, I told the Eaglets to take it one match at a time, which they so brilliantly did. They waited to know the opposition’s strength in the first 10 minutes and then they go all out and punch them hard.”
