Nigeria U-17 defeat Galatasaray in pre-World Cup friendly

The Flamingoes defeated Galatasaray Girls in a buildup to their World Cup participation in India

Nigeria feminine U-17 defeated Galatasaray Girls on Saturday in a pleasant match preparatory to their World Cup. The sport was held in Kocaeli.

The Nigeria U-17 women are in Turkey to organize for his or her outing later this month in India the place they’ve been grouped alongside United States, France and Canada.

Targets from star ahead Opeyemi Ajakaye within the Twenty sixth-minute sport gave the group the lead earlier than Etim Edidiong’s Thirty fourth-minute effort doubled Nigeria’s lead.

Ebru Topliv pulled one again for Galatasaray within the forty fourth minute earlier than Etim acquired her second of the afternoon within the 77th minute.

The Nigerian women will need to have forgotten what it means to lose a sport having maintained an unbeaten streak via their qualifiers to their preparatory video games.

Coach Bankole Olowookere named a 21-player squad final week for the match with the highest gamers of the group making the squad.