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Nigeria's Flying Eaglets Claim Junior World Cup Title

This year in SEOUL, South Korea The Flying Eaglets from Nigeria beat Spain in a penalty shootout this year to win the Under-17 World Cup soccer championship. The West African team won their third title, in penalty shootouts after a long 120 minutes goalless draw. Goalkeeper Oladele Ajiboye is considered the hero for this win leading Nigeria to a 3-0 win and claiming the title of world champion. Adding to the list of heroes are Matthew Edile, Daniel Joshua and Ganiyu Oseni who scored the winning goals. It was another very disappointing loss for Spain which has advanced three times to the finals and never won, it was only the fourth time in 12 Under-17 World Cup tournaments that the title was decided on penalty kicks. Earlier Germany beat Ghana 2-1 in the third-place playoff. Macauley Chrisantus was voted the second-best player of the tournament, behind Germany's Toni Kroos.

The Nigerians also won the tournament top-scorer award, with seven goals. Ghana's Ransford Osei was the second-top scorer, finding the target six times. Ghana had to settle for fourth place after losing 2-1 to Germany in the third-place play-off match. Osei pulled the Black Starlets level, but Germany scored the winner two minutes into second-half stoppage time.
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