'Ibrahim Said Is A Fantastic Shooter' - Nigeria Fans Celebrate Round Of 16 Qualification

Sa'id Ibrahim was the hero for Manu Garba's team, beating Ecuadorian goalkeeper Jona Lopez three times, including a late winner to leave the South American nation stunned.

Soccer loving Nigerians reserved nothing but praise for the team and has lauded their mentality in spite of the difficulties they faced in the game.

Below are some of the selected tweets,

@jimmysailor2: ''These lads are fighters! fought all through.  Congratulations eaglets!

@ProudlyAustin : ''Ibrahim Said is a fantastic shooter. Superb goal to seal his hat-trick. What a way to turn it around for the Eaglets. Nigeria 3 Ecuador 2''.

@odefdave: ''These guys are golden. But NFF to get feedback to Manu Garba about our defence it's too porous. We may pay dearly for this in the latter and knock out stages''.

@Drnifeemi: ''Amoo is low expenditure Messi.... 💙⚽🇳🇬''.

@freshabey: ''Against such stubborn team like Ecuador, just put d ball on d grnd. Congrats 2 d boys well deserved victory''.

@IbroEzekiel: ''Well done boys. Naija all the way!''.

@deraugwu: ''Good job Golden Eaglets ❤❤❤❤🥰🥰🙌🙌🇳🇬''.

@chukwumannamdi3: ''Amazing display from the flying eaglets, what a game. Well done guys.''

@iamwilson: ''Congratulations, Golden Eaglets. #U17WC🇳🇬''.

@lilycherry: ''What a game. Nice win Golden Eaglets''.

@Tomijohn: ''Well played football. They need to calm down! That jersey number 4 is over doing thing and wasteful with his long passes! Amoo is great. Good team work! Well deserved victory''.

@gicotexv: ''Congratulations boys.  Clearly this team needs a composed playmaker.  A lot of energy is being wasted. They need to be organized and be accurate at the final third.''