Burkina Faso: We’ll do everything possible to beat Nigeria to FIFA U17 World Cup ticket

Brahima Traore, head coach of Burkina Faso U17 team at the ongoing U17 Africa Cup of Nations says he and his boys will do everything possible to beat Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets to the FIFA U17 World Cup ticket.

The Burkinables face Nigeria once again, having come up against them in the final of the WAFU Zone B qualification tournament, with Nigeria winning 2-1.

Traore believes the outcome will be different this time around when the two teams clash in Algiers on Wednesday.

‘Our first goal is to reach the semi-finals and qualify for the World Cup, and we will do everything in our power to achieve it. Our second goal is to take the trophy to our country and win the title for the second time,’ said the coach.

Traore says playing as a team will be the key to their victory and expects a very tough game against the Nigerians.

‘Both teams have changed and most of the players who played then are not in the team. It will be a different match and definitely tougher,’ the coach stated.

‘We go into the match with calmness but the enthusiasm to do well and achieve qualification to the World Cup. But, I have insisted with the players that we have to play together as a team and not individually. We want to achieve collectively as a team,’ the tactician said.