This Is The Best Eaglets Ever - Amun

[Folami David]

Japan 93 U-17 World Cup winning coach Fanny Amun rates Manu boys as Nigeria's all time complete assemblage Coach Fanny Amun has posited in strong terms that the present Golden Eaglets squad campaigning for honors in the FIFA U-17 World Cup finals in the United Arab Emirates is a totally complete squad, painstakingly assembled and tutored by Manu Garba represents the best age group team Nigeria has ever produced.
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Amun who guided the team to Japan 1993 U-17 World Cup triumph and who later became the Secretar General of the defunct Nigeria Football Association, NFA, told Complete Sports ahead of tomorrow's quarter final clash with Uruguay that it will take something magically special from any team, including Uruguay to contend with the fluid and compact play of the coach Manu Garba boys.
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"I've watched the team play several times over before this competition and also all the games they have so far played in Dubai and I must say that this is completely fantastic squad", states Amun in a most honest and his usual frank manner.
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"These boys are indeed wonderful, the way they play, pass the ball around, individual skill and intelligence and again their goal scoring proficiency is simply amazing.
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"I've seen all the U-17 Golden Eaglets teams Nigeria has paraded since the inception of the competition in 1985 in China, I can boldly say with every sense of conviction and honesty that this team is the best ever that has come out of this country", Amun who is called 'talent transformer' by his admirers declared.
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Amun who guided the Eaglets that included Nwankwo Kanu to trophy success in Japan in 1993 with skipper Wilson Oruma emerging tournament's top scorer with six goals posits that he has not seen any team in the Dubai championship that can deflate Eaglets title ambition.

[Shola Sholaz]

Golden Eaglets have done really well since the competition started. Very good one I must say cos they are up to the task!