NFA Expresses Confidence On Eaglets.

Nigeria Football Association,NFA, has expressed confidence in the ability of the Golden Eaglets to make the nation proud at the FIFA Under 17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.

After two weeks training tour of Dubai, the team will depart for Al-Ain on Tuesday where they would play their first two matches against Mexico and Sweden on nineteenth and twenty- second of October.

One of the Eaglets goalkeerper, Adeyinka Adewale, who has been dropped, has endorsedSunday Alampasu as his favourite number one goalkeeper when the Golden Eaglets begin their quest for a fourth FIFA Under-17 World Cup against Mexico on October 19th.

Adewale was omitted from the World Cup squad due to a recurring knee injury since he helped the team to a second place finish at the last CAN Under 17 Championship in Morocco.

With Adewale out of the squad, three other youngsters Odinaka Uzoho; Abdulazeez Abubakar and Sunday Alampasu have been battling for the number one shirt.

Eaglets, Goalkeepers' trainer and erstwhile youth international,Emeka Amadi, said the team's first choice goalkeeper would be selected based on merit,adding that the trio  Odinaka, Abdulazeez  and Sunday  are competent and reliable.