The Nigerian side got a stoppage-time own goal to earn a highly-dramatic 1-1 draw with China PR in Dinan-Lehon on Monday to qualify for the last eight of the tournament.
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Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets, will depart from their final training camp in Tirol, Austria on August 2, 2018 for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup, with high level of confidence after scoring seven goals and conceding none in two friendly games.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Barrister Solomon Dalung, has boosted the Super Falconets with the sum of $7,000 (N2.5 million) ahead of the U20 FIFA Women World Cup in France.
Mansur Abdullahi, the Falconets’ assistant coach, on Friday in Abuja said the team has been working towards winning the 2018 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in France.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Falconets will arrive in Casablanca, Morocco on Friday morning ahead of the 2018 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup qualifying match against their Moroccan counterparts.
The Tanzanians will host the second leg on September 30
The technical crew, led by Coach Peter Dedevbo, cancelled training sessions for the day to ensure that the 29 players in camp made themselves available to the medical team for examinations and physical fitness tests
NAN reports that the Coach, Peter Dedevbo, had invited 25 players into the camp, including 19 local-based and six foreign-based players for the U-20 World Cup in Papua New Guinea
X-raying the country’s Group B opponents Japan, Canada and Spain, the former defender said that Nigeria boasts of a rich pedigree of at the global level which their opponents will find hard to surpass. He harped on the need for hard -work and humility as the keys to success and advised the girls to imbibe the spirit of team -work and respect for their opponents
U-20 Women National Team, the Falconets, will fly out of Nigeria on Wednesday for their 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World…
Fellow Malians – Djeneba Dembele, Mariam Coulibaly and Fatou Sacko – will be Assistant Referee 1, Assistant Referee 2 and Fourth Official respectively for the first leg taking place at the National Stadium, Abuja on July 18
Anyansi-Agwu said: “The Peter Dedevbo-led crew did well to get the Falconets to the final of the U-20 World Cup in Canada last year. Most of his players have been snapped up by the senior team, which shows that he built a good team
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The General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, who disclosed this when he visited the team at its FIFA Technical Centre, Abuja training pitch, charged the Super Falcons to launch the jersey in style by beating Mali with a heavy scoreline
The Confederation of African Football, organisers of the Men and Women Football Tournaments of the 11th All-Africa Games, has already permitted the NFF to host the match within the period of April 10 toApril 12
The players, made up of 10 foreign-based and 26 home girls, are to report at the Serob Legacy Hotel, Abuja on February 22 with their training kits, international passports and birth certificates
This was contained in a statement by the team’s Media Officer, Gracious Akujobi.
It said Team Administrator, Ruth David, who informed the players of the decamping, also said they were expected to return next week for a presidential reception at the Aso Rock Villa
He said it was the indomitable spirit of Nigerians that gave them victory, adding: “Though we did not win the ultimate trophy, nobody can deny that our girls made us proud in Canada
Reuben Abati, assured the Falconets that despite their loss in extra time to their German counterparts in Monday’s very keenly contested final, all Nigerians remained proud of the skillful, highly spirited and patriotic performance they put up throughout the tournamen
While at Edmonton, the Falconets have continued with their twice-a-day training routine at the Jasper Place bowl