Meanwhile, the Nigerian Community in Moncton has promised the girls a visit to the Zoological Garden and Magic Mountain in Canada
Browsing: Falconets
Nigeria displayed their trademark speed and strength from the outset, and Asisat Oshoala had a glorious chance to break the deadlock when she latched onto a long ball, but her clipped shot over the advancing goalkeeper narrowly cleared the crossbar
However, the Falconets will not only have experience to count on but pedigree also to speak for them in Canada at this seventh edition from August 4 to 25
Dedevbo, who steered the U-17 girls, Flamingoes, to the quarter finals at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals in Trinidad and Tobago in 2010 and in Azerbaijan in 2012, has also included US-based college star, Courtney Dike, younger sister of Super Eagles’ forward, Bright Dike
The Emergency Committee of the world football governing body had on July 9 suspended the NFF due to what it called government’s interference
This followed FIFA’s suspension of Nigeria Football Federation from the activities of the world football governing body on July 9
NAN reports that the NFF was on Wednesday suspended with immediate effect by FIFA due to what it called “government interference
The NFF’s Acting General Secretary, Lawrence Katken, said: “It is a blatant lie to say FIFA refused to issue flight tickets to the Falconets. What happened was that the former General Secretary, Barrister Musa Amadu, mistakenly cancelled the earlier reservations, so when the delegation got to the airport, they could not find seats on the flight
The tournament runs between August 5 and 24 and the Nigerian side was scheduled to travel out early for acclimatization and play some preparatory games before the tournament
A statement from the team’s Media Officer, Elizabeth Kah, on Monday in Abuja said it was from this group Dedevbo would choose the 21 to represent Nigeria in Canada
A delegation of 24 players and 11 officials, led by the Nigeria Football Federation Chief Technical Officer, Siji Lagunju, flew aboard a Lufthansa Airline airplane from Abuja to Frankfurt, from where it would connect another flight to Moncton, Canada
The affected players are Sunshine Queens duo of Damilola Koku and Funsho Ogunrinola, Onyema Ijeoma Bride who plies her trade for Bahrain FC, Maria Oke of FC Robo and Rosemary Okoro Confluence Queens
Uchenna Kanu brought Nigeria back into the game with a super strike in the 11th minute as the first half ended one goal apiece
The team qualified for the competition after winning all its qualifying matches against Sierra Leone, Tunisia and South Africa with a total of 31 goals
Vice champions of the world in 2010, the Nigerian girls take a handy 6-0 advantage into Saturday’s return leg, due for the Dobsonville Stadium in Soweto, the venue where the U-20 boys of Nigeria, the Flying Eagles, won the African Youth Championship in 2011
The match, played at the Abuja National Stadium, saw Asisat Oshoala opening scoring in the third minute, with Patience Okaeme doubling the lead two minutes later
The heroine and Nigeria’s best player on parade, who came in as a substitute in the 46th minute, scored a hat-trick in the second half to break the resilient Tunisian side, after Skipper of the team, Patience Okaeme, who had fluffed many chances scored Nigeria’s first goal in the 53rd minute
The North African girls raised not a few eyebrows when pounding their Moroccan counterparts 8-1 on aggregate (4-0 in Morocco and 4-1 in Tunis), but that still paled beside the 16-0 aggregate mauling that the Falconets handed out to their opponents from Sierra Leone
The team’s Media Officer, Elizabeth Kah, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone interview in Abuja on Sunday
Sunday scored the fifth goal just a minute later at the 37th minute from a penalty spot after Winifred Eyebhiora was brought down while goal bound