The Nigeria U20 team will later today take on Italy at the U20 World Cup with both teams looking for a win to seal their spot in the knock out round of the tournament, which is taking place in Argentina.
Nigeria started their campaign with a 2-1 win over Dominican Republic, while Italy got off to an impressive start against Brazil by racing into a 3-0 lead but ended up conceding two late goals to end the game at 3-2. The result left coach of the team Carmine Nunziata a little bit unhappy.
” We should have ended the game a lot better than we did and it is where I think we need to make improvement against Nigeria. Starting well isn’t enough when you don’t end it well. So we hope to do better against Nigeria”, he said in the pre match conference.
Speaking on the threat he noticed about the Nigerian team, the 55 year old said they are a team that play a very compact game and love to break forward with pace and skills. He also praised their defensive organisation.
” Nigeria is a very fast team and strong in duels. They don’t give you time around their box and they break forward with pace. We have to find a way to keep them in check. We know they can hurt us and that is what we won’t want to happen”, he concluded.
Mohammed Mowiz
