Flamingos Coach Reacts To FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Draws – National

Head coach of Nigeria’s Flamingos, Olowokere Bankole has reacted to the simply concluded 2022 FIFA U-17 Ladies’s World Cup held this night in India.

Nigeria’s Flamingos have been paired alongside Germany, Chile and New Zealand in Group B of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Ladies’s World Cup.

In an unique chat with sports247.ng, after the attracts, Bankole mentioned there are not any simple teams within the World Cup however assured Nigerians good outing.

He defined additional that Nigerian soccer followers shouldn’t see the group as simple famous that every one the groups within the group fought arduous to qualify for the event of their varied continents.

“We should always not see our group as simple as a result of all of the groups fought arduous earlier than they certified from their varied continents.I respect all of the groups in our group however we have to begin early preparation now earlier than the event. I’m not trouble in regards to the nations in our group however I’m specializing in my workforce’s preparation and make sure that I put together a stable workforce earlier than our first sport,” he mentioned.

The Nigerian ladies had an excellent run within the qualification sequence for the competitors. They overcame Egypt, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ethiopia en path to the event.

They scored 15 objectives and conceded none within the course of with Opeyemi Ajakaye putting six occasions as Nigeria sealed a ticket to India.

Africa’s different representatives, Tanzania and Morocco are in Group D and A respectively.Morocco can even battle hosts India, the USA, and Brazil in the identical group whereas Japan, Canada, and France full Tanzania’s group.

The competitors will run from eleventh to thirtieth October. It was supposed to carry in 2020 however was cancelled as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. Spain received the final version in 2018. They’re grouped alongside Colombia, Mexico, and China.

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