Nigeria’s U-17 girls’s crew, the Flamingos, will go away for Côte d’Ivoire on Wednesday, Might 20, forward of their FIFA U-17 Girls’s World Cup qualifier in opposition to Guinea.
The crew, led by head coach Akeem Busari, will proceed closing preparations earlier than the first-leg match scheduled for Might 23.
The Flamingos are at present coaching on the Remo Stars Stadium in Ikenne as they intensify preparations for the vital qualifier.
Crew officers stated the squad travelled from Abuja to Lagos earlier than arriving in Ikenne later within the night.
Coach Busari and his assistants have been engaged on the squad after a number of spectacular performances in pleasant matches throughout tenting.
The coach invited 36 gamers to camp in Abuja on April 10, and the crew has proven sturdy kind of their preparatory video games.
The Flamingos defeated SoloWonders Babes 7-0, beat YAFA 5-0, thrashed Nazareth 6-0 and likewise recorded a 7-0 victory over Technology Subsequent. Their solely draw got here in opposition to Actual Rising in a 1-1 end result.
The crew additionally secured a snug 5-0 win in opposition to Lakesides on the Remo Stars Stadium, boosting confidence forward of the conflict with Guinea.
The Flamingos stay certainly one of Africa’s prime girls’s youth groups, having reached the semi-finals of earlier FIFA U-17 Girls’s World Cup tournaments whereas producing gifted gamers for Nigerian girls’s soccer.
The 2-legged qualifier in opposition to Guinea will determine which crew strikes nearer to qualifying for the FIFA U-17 Girls’s World Cup in Morocco later this 12 months.
