what brought Mikel issue into this, is it only Mikel that was robbed during the last U20 world cup, if i may say it is entire Nigeria football following fans that was rob, he has degenerate into an arrogant player after that tournament and it is time he retrace his step.

It is what happens after this tournament that is IMPORTANT.
The decison makers at the NFA will just throw these raw talents away and bring in some idiots to represent Nigeria in the next Under-20.
A good Football Association should nurture these boys . . . .Take em on an African tour and set up 40 friendly matches with other African clubs.
Strike a good understanding and team chemistry in the team so they can conquer the next age-grade competiton.

wow! we won the game 2-0, too bad I missed it. So its Germany or England in the semi final. Those NFA officials are bunch of fat greedy men even if these guys win this tournament trust me you won't hear of them again. Its only the ones who are lucky to get good clubs in Europe we might see.

Too bad I missed the match but so good Jackal was on hand giving us detailed report
of happenings on the pitch. Good job bro and congrrrrraaaaaats.

Nigeria maintain excellent progress
Nigeria are through to the semi-finals at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007 after defeating Argentina 2-0 at the Cheonan Sports Complex on Sunday 2 September. The Africans now meet Germany or England for a place in the Final.

Argentina had the best of the early exchanges in a closely-fought and occasionally physical first half. Nigeria keeper Oladele Ajiboye saved Alexis Machuca's driven free-kick from over 30 yards, before Santiago Fernandez fired over the bar from the edge of the box ten minutes later. But the tables were turned on 33 minutes when the Africans took the lead after captain Lukman Haruna went down in the penalty area under a challenge from Fernando Meza.

Haruna picked himself up and dispatched the spot-kick to hand the Golden Eaglets the lead. Then on the stroke of half-time a glorious exchange of passes on the left sent Macauley Chrisantus clear in front of goal, the striker making no mistake to double his side's advantage and take his personal tally for the tournament to six.

The Africans had the better of the chances after the restart, Matthew Edile coming within a whisker of increasing the lead with a low drive. Argentina introduced a fresh striker in the shape of Carlos Benitez and the gamble looked set to bear fruit, but Maximiliano Oliva missed a good opening and Ajiboye beat out Eduardo Salvio's long-range effort. The final clear-cut chance fell to Nigeria, but Kabiru Akinsola's shot ended in the side-netting and the margin of victory remained at 2-0.

@holliness

you stole dat from the fifa site,

u should at least acknowledge ur source,

http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=249424/match=58943/summary.html

Nigeria vs Germany


I dont think the Germans are as good as the Argentines


We stand a good chance for this one

German not as good as the Argentine isn't the issue but for our guyz to be impressive in the game.

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Nigeria vs Germany


We should not underrate them. We shoud be focus and steadfast the world want us to fall. But am sure those guys will not give up.

@ Lexyl,
Thanks for that,we need to put all hands on deck so as to thrash does Germans.Surely they'all win,but they should be at alert.

Yeah right

Chrisantus is on fire

Well i dont expect us to look down on them

Germany played very well in the quarter finals. I think it will be a tough match but hopefully we'll scale through.

Holiness_M:

Nigeria maintain excellent progress
Nigeria are through to the semi-finals at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup Korea 2007 after defeating Argentina 2-0 at the Cheonan Sports Complex on Sunday 2 September. The Africans now meet Germany or England for a place in the Final.

Argentina had the best of the early exchanges in a closely-fought and occasionally physical first half. Nigeria keeper Oladele Ajiboye saved Alexis Machuca's driven free-kick from over 30 yards, before Santiago Fernandez fired over the bar from the edge of the box ten minutes later. But the tables were turned on 33 minutes when the Africans took the lead after captain Lukman Haruna went down in the penalty area under a challenge from Fernando Meza.

Haruna picked himself up and dispatched the spot-kick to hand the Golden Eaglets the lead. Then on the stroke of half-time a glorious exchange of passes on the left sent Macauley Chrisantus clear in front of goal, the striker making no mistake to double his side's advantage and take his personal tally for the tournament to six.

The Africans had the better of the chances after the restart, Matthew Edile coming within a whisker of increasing the lead with a low drive. Argentina introduced a fresh striker in the shape of Carlos Benitez and the gamble looked set to bear fruit, but Maximiliano Oliva missed a good opening and Ajiboye beat out Eduardo Salvio's long-range effort. The final clear-cut chance fell to Nigeria, but Kabiru Akinsola's shot ended in the side-netting and the margin of victory remained at 2-0.

I'm surprised you didn't ask for somebody's private's hair to give us this dubbed version. You're growing buddy.

Lets hot it up against Germany