Minister of sports and youth development, Mr. Sunday Dare, was in ecstatic mood few minutes ago as the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria opened their 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign with a 4-2 victory over Hungary at the Estádio Olímpico, Goiânia, Brazil.
Dare, who saw the match in his Ibadan, the Oyo State capital home, could not hide his joy as jumped from his seat when the golden eaglets equalized.
Gyorgy Komaromi had opened scoring for Hungary as early as three minutes into the match, with Samson Tijani converting a penalty for Nigeria after 20 minutes.
Samuel Major scored to gift Hungary the lead again in the 28th minute, and Usman Ibrahim levelled the match for Nigeria 79 minutes into the game.
At the 82nd minute, Oluwatimilehin Adeniyi scored to give Nigeria the lead for the first time in the match, before Samson Tijani rounded the match up, scoring his free-kick at the 87th minute.
Nigeria will next meet Ecuador on Tuesday night.
