Ahead of its
crucial FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup final round, first leg qualifying match
against South Africa’s Bantwana coming up at the National Stadium, Abuja on Saturday,
March 12, Head Coach of the U-17 Women National Team, Flamingos, Bala Nikyu has
assured that his girls are ready for the encounter.
Nikyu, who
led the Class of 2014 to the quarter –finals of the World Cup in Costa Rica,
spoke after the team’s evening training session on Monday, just as the South
African Football Association announced that their contingent to Saturday’s game
would arrive in Abuja in the early hours of Wednesday.
“Since
resuming camp on February 7, we have been doing a lot of work, and I am very
happy with the way everything has gone. I am happy there are no injury worries
apart from one that happened few days ago, but the player is fine now. We have
been working on our past mistakes and rectifying them, and I believe we will go
out there and do the country proud on Saturday.”
The
Flamingos pummelled Namibia’s Baby Gladiators 9-0 on aggregate in the second
round of the qualifying series, winning 4-0 in Abuja and 5-0 in Windhoek.
Captain of
the team, Rasheedat Ajibade is confident that with the high spirit in camp, the
girls will deliver on their promise to qualify for the World Cup finals, slated
for Jordan in October this year. She also called on Nigerians to come out en
masse and support the team with their presence and prayers, promising they will
not be disappointed.
Nigeria has
never failed to qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup since its inception
in 2008. So far, only four countries are through to the final competition of
this year’s edition, namely Jordan (the hosts), Japan, Korea Republic and New
Zealand.
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