Nigeria are the new U17 World Champions after beating the defending champions Mexico 3-0 in front of over 20,000 spectators at the Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
An Erick Aguirre own goal after nine minutes set them on their way, but it wasn't until the 56th minute strike by Kelechi Iheanacho that the Africans could relax. Full-back Musa Muhammed curled in a free-kick on 81 minutes to crown the triumph.
It's Nigeria's fourth U17 world title, after they won the inaugural championship in China in 1985, as well as triumphs in Japan in 1993 and Korea in 2007.
With gifted emerging players such as Iheanacho, Musa Yahaya and Akinjide Idowu, Nigeria can be very optimistic about the future of their senior national side.
The Golden Eaglets got off to the perfect start with an early goal settling any nerves. Iheanacho, Yahaya and Taiwo Awoniyi broke from midfield.
Iheanacho fed Awoniwi, who then released Yahaya to his left for a strike at goal.
However, Aguirre, in a bid to put the ball out for a corner, only succeeded in turning it into his own net.
It was a cruel break for the Central Americans, and thoughts must have immediately switched to the 6-1 drubbing they received from same opposition in their opening game.
But they didn't let it turn into a non-event and managed to conjure up some opportunities of their own, most notably when Ulises Rivas found Ulises Jaimes coming in from the left with a sublime cross and the striker forced Alampasu into a fingertip stop from a keen header.
Nigeria will wonder how they didn't double their lead in the last 10 minutes of the half, though, as they went close four times.
First, Awoniyi rounded the keeper but could only find the side-netting from a narrow angle.
Moments later, Yahaya hit the angle of the goalpost with a curling shot from the edge of the box.
Awoniyi had a magnificent bicycle kick saved by Raul Gudino, before a deflected Yahaya shot just missed the far post.
The half-time break couldn't have come soon enough for the Mexicans as Nigeria were getting turning the screw.
Mexican coach Raul Gutierrez changed it at half time, taking off midfielder Luis Hernandez and bringing on Christian Tovar, but it didn't seem to make much difference.
Nigeria were two goals to the good 11 minutes into the second half when a fairly tame shot from Muhammed from the right was parried into the line of Iheanacho and he made no mistake from 10 yards out.
Keeper Gudina, who received great praise for his recent performances, will be distraught over the error which left Mexico with a mountain to climb.
The impressive Yahaya was in great form and after he tried an audacious chip from 30 yards, he performed a subtle turn in the middle of the park to beat his man, both of which drew huge cheers from the Nigerian supporters.
Mexico had talked a lot about their character in this tournament, so it was inevitable they would try all the could to come back, and Ivan Ochoa should have halved the deficit after 77 minutes when he put a free header wide.
However, Nigerian captain Muhammed had the last say, curling in a free kick from just outside the penalty area with 10 minutes to go to make it three and put the seal on a magnificent campaign from the champions.
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