Nigeria are housed in Group A alongside Chile, Croatia and USA in the tournament to be played between October 17 and November 8.
Amuneke said only the best players would make the squad for the competition.
The former Super Eagles winger told the Nigeria Football Federation’s official website on Thursday, “We are still preparing. We are glad that we were part of the Intercontinental competition in Suwon, South Korea, because it gave us the opportunity to assess the players individually and collectively.
“We are working towards the World Cup and we are hopeful that we will be able to give a good account of ourselves when we get to Chile.
“In football, you can say that everything has been done at this stage; it is a continuous process even when we get to the World Cup. We still have to prepare the team in order to face the challenges of the matches to be played.”
The former Barcelona player says he is not discouraged that the Eaglets came third at the Under-17 Intercontinental championship in South Korea.
The Tunisia ’94 Africa Cup of Nations winner said, “We were not bothered about the final position of the team at the tournament in Suwon; rather, we were concerned with the response of the players based on what we are demanding from them in terms of their individual and collective behaviours when we have the ball and when we don’t have the ball.
“I’m happy for the players because they gave a very good account of themselves and that gives us hope that we will do our best at the World Cup.”
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