{"id":470834,"date":"2011-07-31T08:27:38","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T08:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/31\/nigeria-flying-eagles-must-be-wary-of-guatemala\/"},"modified":"2011-07-31T08:27:38","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T08:27:38","slug":"nigeria-flying-eagles-must-be-wary-of-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/31\/nigeria-flying-eagles-must-be-wary-of-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: &#8216;Flying Eagles Must Be Wary of Guatemala&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"23.8048442907\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailytrust.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/dailytrust180.jpg\" alt=\"Daily Trust (Abuja)\" title=\"Visit Daily Trust (Abuja)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>David Ngobua<\/p>\n<p>31 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>As the Flying Eagles get set to take on Guatemala in their opening match of the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, member of the Chile 1987 squad, Lawrence Ukaegbu has warned the players not to undermine the strength of their opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The ex- Super Eagles star told Fever pitch yesterday that the Junior Eagles would be up against a team but not the name of a country.<\/p>\n<p>He said there are no more minnows in international football and if the Eagles make the mistake of undermining the abilities of their opponents, they would pay dearly.<\/p>\n<p>Ukaegbu said Guatemala may not be as popular as Nigeria when it comes to world football but Eagles be wary of their opponents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to advise the team not to underrate Guatemala. They should know that they are going to face an ambitious team but not the name the players are representing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they make the mistake of looking down on their opponents, they might end up with disappointment. There are no more minnows in international football&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Ukaegbu therefore charged the players to ensure they win the opening match as he said victory would boost the team&#8217;s chances and confidence.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> David Ngobua 31 July 2011 As the Flying Eagles get set to take on Guatemala in their opening match of the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, member of the Chile 1987 squad, Lawrence Ukaegbu has warned the players not to undermine the strength of their opponents. The ex- Super Eagles star told Fever pitch yesterday that the Junior Eagles would be up against a team but not the name of a country. He said there are no more minnows in international football and if the Eagles make the mistake of undermining the abilities of their opponents, they would pay dearly. Ukaegbu said Guatemala may not be as popular as Nigeria when it comes to world football but Eagles be wary of their opponents. &#8220;I want to advise the team not to underrate Guatemala. They should know that they are going to face an ambitious team but not the name the players are representing. &#8220;If they make the mistake of looking down on their opponents, they might end up with disappointment. There are no more minnows in international football&#8221;. Ukaegbu therefore charged the players to ensure they win the opening match as he said victory would boost the team&#8217;s chances and confidence. More News on allAfrica.com AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria: &#039;Flying Eagles Must Be Wary of Guatemala&#039; - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/31\/nigeria-flying-eagles-must-be-wary-of-guatemala\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nigeria: &#039;Flying Eagles Must Be Wary of Guatemala&#039; - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"David Ngobua 31 July 2011 As the Flying Eagles get set to take on Guatemala in their opening match of the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, member of the Chile 1987 squad, Lawrence Ukaegbu has warned the players not to undermine the strength of their opponents. 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