Nigeria a great challenge for my team, US U-17 coach admits.

USA U17 team coach Richie Williams has admitted that facing Nigeria in the opening game of FIFA U17 World Cup on Saturday will be a great and exciting challenge for his team. 

"I think it’s a great challenge and I think the guys will be excited.

It’s a great opportunity to compete against the champions of the last World Cup and I think our guys are going to have a lot of energy, they’re going to be excited and they’re going to be ready to play, so we’re looking forward to it. I think every World Cup game is important. You can’t say one is any more important than the other. You can’t overlook any team. It’s a World Cup game and everybody’s got to be ready to go. Whether you think they’re the strongest opponent or the weakest opponent, it’s the World Cup and all the games are very important and very competitive and anything could happen, especially if you’re not ready to play," Africanfootball quotes Williams as saying.

Saturday’s World Cup opener in Santiago will get an extra spice as USA will parade a Nigerian-born defender Matthew Olosunde of New York Red Bulls Academy against the Golden Eaglets.