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Babalola Oluwatomiwa
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Former Nigeria midfielder, Etim Esin has charged the Flying Eagles coach, Manu Garba to put his side's defeat to Brazil behind and focus on how he will defeat North Korea in their next game to have a chance of progressing to the next phase of the championship.
The African Champions will hope to bounce back from their group E defeat int he hands of the five-time champions, Brazil 4-2 on Monday morning but have two games left in the group stage of the tournament.
Esin saiid that the Nigeria's U-20 team must win their two remaining games by all means saying exiting the championship at this level will be disastrous for the nation.
"We didn't underrate Brazil, we tried out best. This is football, the opening games will always be difficult. I think the coach should focus [on North Korea] and correct various mistakes in the defeat to Brazil," Esin told Goal.
"It's up to the coach to win the next games and forget the defeat to Brazil. He must win the remaining two games and do the right things to get out of the group stages.
"At this age category, we have not beaten Brazil before, remember we lost badly against them back in 1987 in Chile despite playing very well," he continued.
"The Flying Eagles tried, but their effort was not good enough. Brazil is a more quality team and we can't take that away from them.
"I hope in the next two matches, we can get results to qualify to the next round. If we must go far in this competition, we must take care of our defensive flaws because conceding four goals in a match is not good enough," he concluded.
Midfielder Kelechi Iheanacho and striker Isaac Success could be dropped to the bench for Nigeria's second game against Korea DPR at the Fifa U20 World Cup in New Zealand on Thursday.
Both started in the 2-4 loss to Brazil on Monday morning but coach Manu Garba is expected to make changes to his starting line up when they face the Asians, according to a report by Africanfootball.com.
The African Champions will hope to bounce back from their group E defeat int he hands of the five-time champions, Brazil 4-2 on Monday morning but have two games left in the group stage of the tournament.
Esin saiid that the Nigeria's U-20 team must win their two remaining games by all means saying exiting the championship at this level will be disastrous for the nation.
"We didn't underrate Brazil, we tried out best. This is football, the opening games will always be difficult. I think the coach should focus [on North Korea] and correct various mistakes in the defeat to Brazil," Esin told Goal.
"It's up to the coach to win the next games and forget the defeat to Brazil. He must win the remaining two games and do the right things to get out of the group stages.
"At this age category, we have not beaten Brazil before, remember we lost badly against them back in 1987 in Chile despite playing very well," he continued.
"The Flying Eagles tried, but their effort was not good enough. Brazil is a more quality team and we can't take that away from them.
"I hope in the next two matches, we can get results to qualify to the next round. If we must go far in this competition, we must take care of our defensive flaws because conceding four goals in a match is not good enough," he concluded.
Midfielder Kelechi Iheanacho and striker Isaac Success could be dropped to the bench for Nigeria's second game against Korea DPR at the Fifa U20 World Cup in New Zealand on Thursday.
Both started in the 2-4 loss to Brazil on Monday morning but coach Manu Garba is expected to make changes to his starting line up when they face the Asians, according to a report by Africanfootball.com.
