Nigeria Destroy Australia As Eaglet Reach Quarter Final

The Golden Eaglets of Nigeria reached the quarter final stage of the Fifa U17 World Cup after annihilating Australia 6-0 in the early hours of Thursday.

Victor Osimhen becomes the tournament highest goal scorer with seven goals from four matches after scoring a hattrick at the Estadio Sausalito. The Eaglets put up a ruthless performance as they welcome back Funsho Bagboye and Udochukwu Anumudu who both missed the last match due to suspension.

The Emmanuel Amuneke’s led team began the demolishing of the Joey’s boy as early as the 22^nd minutes when Osimhen got his first goal of the tournament and his first for the night. At the end of the first half the Eaglets were two goals up with the second goal coming from Kelechi Nwakali just three minutes after Osimhen goal. Nigeria started the second half the same way they ended the first but the goals didn't come till the 73^rd minutes when Osimhen found the net again making it 3-0. Six minutes after that Osimhen got his hattrick for the night as he pushed aside the Aussie defender and shot into the roof of the net past the hapless goalkeeper.

S.Chuwueze and E.Essien added more misfortune to the Tony Vidmar led team as they completed the rout as they have now secured a quarter final clash with Brazil after becoming the first team to score six goals in the tournament.