Southampton's Australia Midfielder : We Got To Get A Win Against Nigeria U17s

Published: October 31, 2019

Nigeria and Australia will do battle at the Estadio Bezerrao, Gama on Friday evening in both countries last group match at the 2019 FIFA U17 World Cup.

While the Golden Eaglets have secured their progress to the round of 16 following back-to-back wins against Hungary and Ecuador, the Aussies would need to beat the five-time world champions in order to qualify to the knockout stage.

Australia U17 midfielder Caleb Watts, who plays for the youth team of Southampton, has stressed that they must beat Nigeria to have any chance of qualifying for the last 16.

The Australia number 10 netted a crucial equaliser as the Joeys came back from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw against Hungary on Tuesday.

Speaking to www.socceroos.com.au,Watts said : ''Nigeria, we got to get a win. We have had two games, we are confident we should have won but we have not been clinical enough.

''Hopefully we can put it together for Nigeria and come out with a win.''

The Golden Eaglets demolished Australia 6-0 the last time the two teams faced off at the World Cup back in 2015, with a certain Victor Osimhen netting a hat-trick.

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