The Golden Eaglets hope of a third title and qualification to the FIFA U-17 World Cup was dented following the defeat, and Ugbade has now been left to pick the pieces of their broken hearts.
“The players are disappointed of course because they are young but we must support them because they need to continue their careers. We should work on their development because I believe that some of these players will eventually move to the senior national team,” the tactician said after the defeat to Burkina Faso.
Ugbade added; “I am happy with the performance of our players and in such competitions, even if you lose, you gain something by developing the players for the future.”
Looking back at the defeat to Burkina Faso, the Eaglets gaffer said they would have had a different result were they more clinical infront of goal.
“Everything worked as we had planned, but we could not score with the chances we had. We paid dearly for that. We learn the lessons and move on”.
The head coach believes that the defeat will more so work to strengthen the mentality of the young players, backing them to bounce back in future age categories.
