Danjuma Confident As Falconets Settle Down In San Jose – National

Coach Chris Danjuma believes that his Nigeria U20 ladies have the power, the savvy and the best spirit to trigger a stir on the ninth FIFA U20 Girls’s World Cup going down in Costa Rica, tenth – twenty eighth August.

The Falconets arrived within the Costa Rican capital, San Jose on Saturday morning after travelling via Istanbul (Turkey) and Bogota (Colombia).

“We’re lastly right here, and we’re glad to be right here on the FIFA World Cup. The World Cup is at all times an attention-grabbing expertise for the coaches and the gamers, and I’m positive it’s the identical for different professionals who get to be concerned.

“We took an extended path to get right here, having to play 4 completely different groups within the qualifying collection. I can let you know that we’re ready to do Nigeria and Africa proud. It isn’t about being right here to make up the quantity; it’s about being right here to make an affect.”

The 2-time runners-up are ensconced within the Intercontinental Lodge in San Jose, and already had two coaching periods, on Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday, the Falconets made use of the San Rafael Stadium for one hour, to knock off the jet lag, after which utilized the identical facility for 2 hours on Sunday morning.

Organizers have scheduled Africa’s high workforce to coach on the Alajuela Stadium on Monday, and on the Stadio Piedades Santa Ana on Tuesday morning.

The competitors begins on Wednesday, with the Falconets set to play their first match in opposition to France on the Estadio Nacional in San Jose as from 5pm Costa Rica time (12 midnight Nigeria time) on Thursday.

Nigeria’s different group section matches are in opposition to Korea Republic, as from 2pm Costa Rica time (9pm Nigeria time) on Sunday, 14th August and in opposition to Canada, as from 8pm Costa Rica time on Wednesday, seventeenth August (3am Nigeria time on Thursday, 18th August). Each matches will maintain on the Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium.

Africa’s different flagbearers Ghana are up in opposition to Cup holders Japan, The Netherlands and three –time champions United States of America in Group D.

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