A cross section of players of the U20 team of Nigeria have voiced their concerns over the Brazilian national team that defeated them 2-0 at the U20 World Cup in their final group game.
Brazil inflicted the first defeat on the Ladan Bosso led team forcing them to drop from first in the group to third. They means they faced a tricky round of 16 game against host country Argentina.
As at yesterday, the squad of the Nigerian team were yet to arrive at the match venue of the game for tomorrow as the host didn’t show up to pick them up to the airport. The team got to the airport and as at the time of this report, they were left stranded for around three hours.
OwnGoalNigeria.com got in touch with some of the players in the team to get their assessment of the tournament so far, and they gave their views on the teams they have faced so far.
The five of them we spoke with laid the defeat against Brazil as a game where they played against opponents, who were obviously older in age. All five of them were particular about the number 6 of Brazil Kaiki Bruno.
” When I got close to him in the tunnel, I thought he was an official of the team until I saw him in the pitch. He is a full blown man and I am not joking. The way he was even speaking with his teammates and how they responded shows he is not their mate”, one of the boys told OwnGoalnigeria.com.
” After the game, we all didn’t stop talking about him. How can he be under 20? Look at his size, height, built and even looks . We aired our concerns to the coaches and they said they noticed it too”, another player confirmed.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
