Golden Eaglets To Battle Mexico For Spot In Showpiece Game

The Golden Eaglets will clash with Mexico in the semi - finals of the Fifa Under 17 World Cup after the CONCACAF representative beat Ecuador 2 - 0 in the last eight.

The Mexicans were ahead in the 41st minute courtesy of Zamudio before Salazar sealed the win from the penalty spot ten minutes out of intermission.

To get to the this stage of the competition, Mexico have contested five matches and won four of them, while they shared the spoils with Australia in a Group C fixture.

The Golden Eaglets have met Mexico 3 times at the Fifa Under 17s previously and their only loss was 28 years ago at Canada 1987.

Estadio Municipal de Concepción, Concepción is the venue of the meeting between Nigeria and Mexico.  The game begins 12 midnight on Friday morning, November 6.