India 2022: Gusau Charges Flamingos To Go For Three Points Against New Zealand

President of Nigeria Soccer Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau on Thursday challenged the U17 Women, Flamingos to place their defeat to Germany behind them and go all out for 3 factors once they take the pitch towards their New Zealand counterparts tomorrow afternoon on the FIFA U17 Ladies’s World Cup in India.

Africa’s greatest crew took the lead towards European champions Germany on Tuesday however fell to 2 second-half targets which have rendered their remaining encounters within the group section, towards New Zealand and Chile, must-win.

“I spoke to the women after the match towards Germany to cheer them up, and I’ve spoken to them and their officers at present for them to understand the enormity of the duty earlier than them, as a result of the NFF and certainly, all Nigerians, need them to proceed to the knock-out levels. They have to work onerous at changing their alternatives. They have to play to their strengths and do the perfect they will to emasculate the opposition.

“A very good win towards New Zealand will likely be an awesome confidence booster for the crew going into the crunch encounter with Chile on Monday.”

New Zealand won’t be simple meat, as the women from Down Beneath took the bronze medals on the 2018 World Cup finals in Uruguay – the one finals Nigeria have missed within the historical past of the event.

By the way, New Zealand hosted the very first version of the FIFA U17 Ladies’s World Cup, from twenty eighth October – 16 November 2008. It’s a good distance from these finals when hosts New Zealand exited the competitors on the group stage after losses to Canada and Denmark and a win over Colombia.

Nigeria’s Flamingos suffered an analogous destiny, after a 2-1 win over South Korea and a 1-0 loss to England in Wellington, and a 2-2 draw with Brazil in Christchurch.

Following their 1-2 defeat by Germany and New Zealand’s 1-3 loss to Chile, the Zealanders presently prop up group B. Nigeria is third, however might go to second place forward of the ultimate matches of the pool in the event that they overpower New Zealand by two targets and Germany overcome Chile within the second match on the similar Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

The encounter between Nigeria and New Zealand will kick off at 4.30 pm India time (12.30 pm Nigeria time).

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