HzRF:

Exactly Kross was there
De gea was the only Spanish I remember in dat tourney that made it to the big stage

kinibigdeal:


Which replacement, when Alampasu is still playing for Lobi stars

TheGoodJoe:


Sinama Pongolle, nine goals in 2001 U17 World cup. Scored a brace in the finals against Nigeria. He did not become a World class Super Star.

kinibigdeal:


Which replacement, when Alampasu is still playing for Lobi stars

kingcity:
lie the lad is in belgium

midehi2:
it must start from somewhere

Moz22:
get ur facts right sir..dude is playing in portugal

kingcity:
lie the lad is in belgium

TheGoodJoe:



He moved to Liverpool not long after the U17. He came along with his U17 compatriot Le Tallec to Liverpool. Le Tallec also scored us in the final of that tournament but they did not reach the top heights of football.

So all the talk of Nigerian U17 players not making it to the top is flimsy because I think we have done well compared to other U17 winners.

dabossman:


Liverpool even snapped him up after the tourney along with Anthony Le Tallec. Both of them never became French senior team stars. There was one former Spanish U-17 dude at Arsenal too. Can't remember his name. Never cut it. Last I heard, he was playing in Brazil.

dayojags10:
bojan, illaramendi. where's our chrisantus?

dabossman:


Liverpool even snapped him up after the tourney along with Anthony Le Tallec. Both of them never became French senior team stars. There was one former Spanish U-17 dude at Arsenal too. Can't remember his name. Never cut it. Last I heard, he was playing in Brazil.

IBBG:
I'm just so impressed with that osimhen guy. the guy na natural no 9. his movement, positioning and runs is just cool

Friday18:
that 3 is OK. No greediness.

shariffalabim89:

I think the point here is that how many of these 'boys' will be playing football in a few yrs to come not even reach footballing heights. U can count how many nigerian players play till their mid thirties.its pathetic but it's the truth...we cheat and it's bad that's why by the time these teams meet again in let's say under 23 it will be a different story. In the next 5yrs these 'boys' bones must av ossified and it becomes more difficult to recover from injuries. It's wrong and we have to stop it. A case study...at nigeria 1999, Aghahowa was 18 and he had already been in the police force for some years and married with kids.....smh

dayojags10:
bojan, illaramendi. where's our chrisantus?

usbcable:

we are used to being told lies so when someone says the truth nobody believes him

dabossman:


Liverpool even snapped him up after the tourney along with Anthony Le Tallec. Both of them never became French senior team stars. There was one former Spanish U-17 dude at Arsenal too. Can't remember his name. Never cut it. Last I heard, he was playing in Brazil.

dabossman:


Liverpool even snapped him up after the tourney along with Anthony Le Tallec. Both of them never became French senior team stars. There was one former Spanish U-17 dude at Arsenal too. Can't remember his name. Never cut it. Last I heard, he was playing in Brazil.

Niyinficient:


No b only teachers dey get reward for heaven na! Well, we won! Nice one! Osimhen needs rest! A 'fatiqueless' Osimhen wud av scored dat last goal!

I hope d midfield improves! D defence has really tighten up!

Shymm3x:
Lol.

Big ups to the big uncles for winning against the school boys.

Too bad 90% of them won't make it to the next level like those before them cos they're at their peak now.

Anyway, anything is better than nothing.

fujirice:

Na local cup be this one? Agbaya!

TheGoodJoe:



First of all, Aghahowa did not play the U17 but U20. The strides taking to curb age cheating is the U17 using a highly accurate MRI scan. These boys passed the test.

There is no need saying it is the truth when age cheating in the U17 is highly reduced.

LogoDWhiz:
These boys are just impressing me.

Welldone

Dave, are u watching this?