The Nigerian Golden Eaglets on Tuesday humiliated host country Chile at the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile with a resounding 1-5 scoreline, which makes them first to book a ticket for the next round even with a match to spare.
Samuel Chukwueze scored the first goal to put his colleagues in the right frame of mind, shortly after the start of the match at midnight Nigerian time.
In the 17th minutes, another midfielder Kelechi Nwakali scored the second goal by successfully converting the penalty awarded Nigeria following a foul committed by a Chilean player inside the box.
Also, the Eaglets who kept dominating the match added the third goal at resumption of the second half in the 61st minutes through Samuel Chukwueze again.
The Chilean players at this point were restless also became very aggressive thus committing another foul inside the box, giving Nigeria another penalty kick opportunity that Victor Osimeh successfully converted in the 66th minutes to record the fourth goal.
In the 81st minutes, Chile reduced the tally when ALLENDE scored their first goal.
However, in the 86th minutes, Victor Osimeh scored the fifth goal for Nigeria, two minutes after Funsho Bamgboye was sent off the pitch.
The Golden Eaglets are billed to play their last Group A match on Friday against Croatia.
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