The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria (U17 team), have successfully defended their FIFA U17 World Cup title with a 2-0 victory over their West African opposition, Mali, in the early hours of Monday.
Thereby, shattering Mali’s dream of lifting a first ever Fifa U17 World Cup.
It took second half strikes from Victor Osimhen and Funsho Bamgboye for the Eaglets to become world champions for a record fifth time, and the second country to successfully defend their title after Brazil.
Osimhen’s beautiful goal was his 10th goal of the tournament, on that makes him the record holder of the most goals scored by an individual at one single FIFA U17 World Cup tournament.
Prior to this victory, the Golden Eaglets’ earlier four titles came when they defeated then West Germany, 2-0, in the inaugural final in Beijing in 1985; overran West African rivals, Ghana, 2-1 in 1993 in Tokyo, Japan; outshot Mexico on penalties in Seoul in 2007 and thrashed Mexico 3-0 in the last Championship match in Abu Dhabi.
