They will battle Cameroon, South Africa and Zambia in Group B of the tournament.
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Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications at the Nigeria Football Federation, said in a statement on Friday that the players list has Chiamaka Nnadozie and Chidinma Okeke.
Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, said in a statement that the group also has Equatorial Guinea, Mali and Algeria.
Mansur told the News Agency of Nigeria that inadequate preparations would always result in failure.
Flying Eagles’ head coach, Chris Danjuma, has described as utter falsehood and a cluster of esoteric jargons, a story in one online publication on Wednesday that an official of his team claimed players and officials were not paid their entitlements before and during the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals in France.
Ajibade, while expressing her disappointment over the team’s quarter-finals exit after a 1-2 loss, said the national under-20 women football team’s was a bitter pill for her to swallow.
Nneka Ikem-Anibeze, Dalung’s Special Assistant on Media, in a statement said the minister disclosed this when he called the team’s camp in France ahead of Thursday’s quarter-final match against Spain.
Agu-Ejidike, in a statement in Lagos said while he had never doubted the team’s ability, he would only appeal to the players to strive to do the country proud.
Nigeria’s U20 girls tackle their counterparts from Spain on Thursday for a place in the semi finals of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals, with sweet memories of how the Falconets edged the Spaniards in a group phase game in Papua New Guinea two years ago.
Abdullahi Mansur, Assistant coach of the Falconets on Wednesday, assured Nigerians that the team would overcome Spain in their Thursday’s World Cup quarter finals match.
The Youth and Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, has described Nigeria’s Falconets’ last minute draw against China as superlative.
In a statement, the Bureau of the FIFA Council gave a final warning to the Nigerian Football Federation following “undue influence” in the body
Garba, who expressed the optimism on Tuesday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, said the Falconets had worked well for glory in the World Cup which they were determined to achieve.
FIFA, in a statement by its Media Office, said it had been notified about ongoings in the two federations, and it viewed them as “undue interference in their affairs”.
Nigeria qualifies on superior goals aggregate having rounded up their group matches on four points with China.
The Falconets in their last Group D match only need a draw to advance to the next round.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that National U-20 team defeated Haiti 1-0 in their second Group D match of the ongoing FIFA U–20 Women’s World Cup in France.
Stefanie Sanders was gifted acres of space in the six-yard area to slam into the net from a corner kick even after inspired goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie had made two consecutive saves
Nigeria’s Falconets will on Monday battle their German counterparts in the opening match of Group D of the 9th FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in France.
Solomon Dalung, the Minister of Youth and Sports, has frowned at the poor management of the welfare of the country’s athletes, players and officials.