Head Coach of the Nigeria U17 Women’s team, Bala Nikyu, has commended the team work and resilience of his ladies to ensure victory against opponents, China, in their Group D opening campaign.
“I don’t want to mention any player because they all did well – its team work – they played for themselves to win,” Nikyu said.
The Flamingoes gaffer refused to blame his girls for a poor second half, insisting they did brilliantly well to preserve the lead despite the Chinese’s fought-back in the last half hour of the game.
Nikyu said: “We played better in the first half. It is normal when down in any match you want to brace up. So am not surprised that China fought hard in the second half as they were already down. Unless the final whistle is blown, they will still want to fight back.”
On Rasheedat Ajibade, who was named the man of the match, Nikyu said: “I think she will do well though I expect her to do better than this in the second or last group match but for today she tried. By the time she plays the second or third match in a competition, you must improve match after match and when you are able to win the first match, you are able to play more relax in the next.”
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