Eaglets Seek Revenge Against Croatia

Golden Eaglets duo of John Lazarus and David Enogela are eyeing their pound of flesh against Croatia U-17 team when both sides meet at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile Friday night.

The Eaglets lost 2-3 to Croatia at the 2015 Suwon International Youth championship staged in South Korea despite leading with few minutes to the end of the game.

Both teams meet again in the final Group A game of the U-17 World Cup at the Estadio Francisco Sanchez in Coquimbo, and the duo have vowed not to repeat same mistakes against the Europeans on Friday.

“We were unlucky against the Croatians in Suwon because we were leading them 2-1 until few minutes to the end of the match,” Goal quoted Lazarus as saying on the NFF website.

“The Croatians got a penalty to equalize and scored the winning goal later and that stopped us from winning the tournament.

“We won’t allow that to happen against us on Friday and we will work harder to win.”

Enogela on his own part said: “We saw in Suwon how physical the Croatians can play and I agree with Lazarus that they were lucky to beat us the last time.”