Golden Eaglets' campaign for a sixth world title in Brazil came to an end with a 3-1 loss to the Netherlands early on Wednesday morning to the chagrin of football fans across the country.
Ajax young forward Sontje Hansen netted a hat-trick to propel the Netherlands past Nigeria 3-1 and into the quarter-finals at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019™.
The five-time world champions showed frailty in defence and lack of coordination and cutting edge in attack throughout the tournament, scoring nine goals and conceding another nine in four matches.
https://www.twitter.com/dbswarri/status/1191913501335474177
Coach Manu Garba's boys, having lost to Australia in their last group match, once again came up short against the Netherlands to crash out of the 2019 FIFA U17 World Cup.
Fans took to social media site Twitter to voice out their frustration.
https://www.twitter.com/Mus6ey/status/1191867349449748480
https://www.twitter.com/Derek74399105/status/1191903668754403328
https://www.twitter.com/AdewaleJames10/status/1191900275117875201
https://www.twitter.com/theCyberNewt/status/1191863002234073090
https://www.twitter.com/jibbyford_/status/1191857833324748803
No Diff btw Unai Emery, Ole and Valverde and the Nigeria Under17 team Coach #NGANED
— Christen Enoch (@Christen_HenryX) November 5, 2019
https://www.twitter.com/Vision_lifee/status/1191859816765034503
https://www.twitter.com/kaytiki/status/1191853760492056576
https://www.twitter.com/dat_teewhy/status/1191882415050043392
https://www.twitter.com/OwolabiLekan_/status/1191939148959145984
The Kings of Comebacks – Golden Eaglets – were the Kings of Letdowns in disguise.
I'm not saying dis becos dey lost but dis is the worst Nigeria u17 ever.
Manu Garba picked good teams becos he chose on merit but den he started visiting Academy owners at home… #NGANED #u17wc
— John Enoh (@joneroofficial) November 6, 2019
https://www.twitter.com/OkonRomeo/status/1191929168927379457
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CJN, Quota System. Heads of near dozen Security Agencies, by Quota System, etc. etc. None of these has achieved any measure of success the generality of Nigerians could be proud of. Now, even the ability to play football has been thrown open to Quota! They keep doing the same thing and expecting different results o! We are tired of waiting for people who have chosen failure over success o…
Tribalism, favoritism corruption and man-knows-man is the problem in Nigerian soccer. There is one part of the country that has been side-lined. Let us look inward and pick people according to their performance. You people can now see who Amunike really is