“We thank God for taking us this far in the competition. During the league’s regular season, we did not quite meet up with our own expectations. However, our target at the beginning of the season also included doing well in the Cup, and now we are in the final.
Browsing: Bankole Olowookere
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Flamingos on Saturday whitewashed Burkina Faso by six goals.
The girls had featured at the inaugural edition of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand with a win, loss and draw
Team captain Alvine Dah-Zossu, first choice goalkeeper Faith Omilana and other regulars made the World Cup team.
Team captain Alvine Dah-Zossu, goalkeeper Faith Omilana, defenders Comfort Folorunsho, Miracle Usani and Blessing Sunday, midfielders Taiwo Afolabi and Blessing Emmanuel, and forwards Opeyemi Ajakaiye, Anastasia Atume and Omowunmi Bello have made the cut alongside 13 others.
The Flamingos of Nigeria were quarter finalists at the FIFA World Cup finals in 2010, 2012 and 2014.
The Flamingos started a qualifying campaign for the championship two years ago, defeating their Guinean counterparts home and away, before the global coronavirus pandemic compelled world football –governing body, FIFA to jettison the process and forget the 2020 competition altogether.
Olowookere’s charges will fly to Conakry on Thursday for Saturday’s first leg encounter, which was postponed by a week as a result of the Guinean legislative election that held last Saturday