WAFU UFOA B U17: "Nigeria Will Defeat Cote d'Ivoire To Defend The Title" - Golden Eaglets skipper

  WAFU UFOA B U17: "Nigeria Will Beat Cote d'Ivoire, Defend The Title" - Golden Eaglets skipper By Sampson Adedeji Ahead of the final of U17 West Africa Football Union competition in Togo, Nigeria's Golden Eaglets captain, Chukwuemeka Egbu, has said that the team will defend the trophy they won two years ago, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Nigeria U17 side won the maiden edition of the competition in 2018 and ended up representing Africa at the FIFA U17 World Cup in Brazil in 2019. Golden Eaglets on Monday will have the opportunity to avenge the defeat they suffered in the hand of Baby Elephants at the group stage when square up in the final on Monday "So far so good, we thank God for having see us through, to be one of the team in the final after all hope was lost. "Looking at tomorrow game ( final), it's not going to be easy, we are playing against a team we lost to in the opening group match. "I believe we are going to put in everything from the blast of the whistle, we will attack and defend because this is a great opportunity which Nigerians are expecting us to secure victory. "We have to defend trophy and make it back to back win for Nigeria. By the Grace of God we shall bring the trophy back to Nigeria," he said. Baby Elephants of Cote d'Ivoire have work all their three matches on the road to the final. They opened Nigeria 1-0 in the group B opener and defeated Ghana 3-1 to emerge group winners. Cote d'Ivoire U17 team beat Niger Republic in the semifinals to book a final showdown with Nigeria tomorrow. The final match against Coted'ivoire is slated for Monday, 8pm Nigeria time.