Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said that the federal government was excited about the prospect of Nigeria hosting the next FIFA U-20 Women World Cup in 2020.
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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.
Oshoala played out all six games in the tournament and she is closely followed by German duo of Pauline Bremer and Sara Daebrits, who banged in five goals respectively
The Nigerian side lost 0-1 to the Germans early on Monday, which made it the second time in the final
This clash of styles and football cultures was always expected to produce an open, engaging final, and so it proved
Third-place play-offs do tend to be open, entertaining affairs, but there was little to enthuse over in a drab first-half that flickered into life all too infrequently
Sunday was a mere 15-year-old when she represented her country at Germany 2010 and is the only member of Nigeria’s Canada 2014 squad who was present at those finals.
The win sends the Coach Peter Dedevbo’s side into the final in Montreal on Sunday, while Korea DPR will also make the trip west to compete in the play-off for third place
Having won three games in a row, Nigeria will enter the semi-finals full of confidence where they will face the Korea DPR, while New Zealand can head home knowing they have gone further at this U-20 Women’s World Cup than any Kiwi side before them
The quarterfinal, billed for 9pm Nigerian time on Sunday, is slated for 8,000 capacity Moncton Stadium, which was commissioned in 2010
Head coach, Peter Dedevbo, however, informed that there is the need to re-organise the team’s defence line
Dedevbo’s Mexican counterpart, Christopher Cuellar, believe that his girls gave Nigeria a good fight in the game