Nigeria: Country Will Present a Good Team - Obuh

2 September 2009

Nigeria Under-17 team coach John Obuh has expressed confidence that the country will put up a credible performance at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, despite a recent age cheating scandal in which 15 members of the squad were discovered to be above the age allowed for the competition.

Nigeria will stage this year's tournament from October 24 to November 15, but sceptics have said the country's chances of successfully defending the crown they won in 2007 have been compromised by half the squad's disqualification. "The recent age test is a good thing and a welcome idea which everybody appreciates. We have to get together and work a lot harder.

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