Today’s hostilities in the FIFA U-17 World Cup will be more intense than the past two stages as four teams juggle for the two semi-finals slots. The first game is between Columbia and Turkey holding at the National Stadium in Bauchi, Northern region of Nigeria.
Colombia had a tough task qualifying for the second round from Group C as Netherlands, Iran and Gambia gave them tough opposition, although the Calabar fans enjoyed their samba game, but goal is they needed goals to win matches.
The Turkey’s coach Abdullahi Ercan told africansportsdigest.com that he is having great time in Nigeria with his team, which he is not ready to give up in a hurry.
“Playing in the finals with any team will be perfect for us,” he said adding that his country does not qualify for the World Cup often, “but the moment we’re here, we should show what stuff we’re made of, that we do play football in Turkey.”
As a South American team still in the competition Colombia should know that much is expected from them with the ouster of their leading soccer nations Argentina, Mexico and Brazil.
Colombia have scored few late goals , while the Turkey team starts their scoring from the first minute of any match, with this contrast in style it would be interesting to see the team that will pick the ticket to the round of four.
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