By Emmanuel Eko,
Abuja
In the history of football, no country has won the tournament as often as the Golden Eaglets (four times) and only Brazil can match their seven semi-final appearances as Nigeria trash Brazil (3-0).
Remarkably, the team has made it through to the decider every time they advanced to the last four. As overwhelming pre-tournament favourites the Golden Eaglets had an easy passage into the last four at the African championships, thereby booking their place in Chile 2015. Victories over hosts
Niger (2-0) and Zambia (3-1) and a 1-1 draw against Guinea saw them top the group.
However, in the semi-finals, the west Africans were stunned by an impressive South African team, who grabbed a first-half goal and then held on to their win. And though Nigeria lost the play-off for third place against Guinea 3-1, Coach Emmanuel Amuneke said they had achieved their objective and would expect to be at their best in the world finals.
