“We are prepared to do Nigeria and Africa proud” – Falconets declare readiness for FIFA World Cup

The Nigeria ladies’s nationwide under-20 soccer crew are two-time runners-up on the Mundial

Head coach Christopher Danjuma has declared the Falconets’ readiness to tackle the remainder of the planet on the 2022 FIFA u-20 World Cup, which kicks off in Costa Rica on Wednesday, August 10.

Nigeria are one of many 16 groups from six confederations which have gathered in Costa Rica for the tenth version of the biennial worldwide ladies’s youth soccer championship.

One of the constant groups in worldwide soccer, the Falconets have certified for each version of the World Cup because it was inaugurated in 2002.

The Falconets have a powerful pedigree on the event, ending as runners-up twice in 2010 and 2014. The Nigerian girls additionally ended the 2012 version in fourth place.

Costa Rica 2022 is not going to be any simpler with defending champions Japan, European giants Germany, and three-time winners the USA of America all current.

However the Falconets are Africa’s main crew, going unbeaten all through the qualification sequence. The Nigeria u-20 facet bought the higher of the Central African Republic, Congo, Cameroon, and Senegal to e book their World Cup tickets.

And coach Danjuma is quietly assured that the younger Nigerian girls are wanting ahead to combating for his or her nation and continent.

“We’re lastly right here, and we’re joyful to be right here on the FIFA World Cup,” the previous Tremendous Falcons coach advised the NFF official web site after the crew landed in Costa Rica.

“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 a protracted path to get right here, having to play 4 completely different groups within the qualifying sequence. 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 influence.”

The Nigeria U20 ladies have been drawn in Group D alongside France, Canada, and South Korea.

The Falconets’ first match is towards the Europeans on the Estadio Nacional in San Jose on Friday (midnight Nigeria time).

Nigeria will subsequent face the Asians on Sunday, 14th August (9 pm Nigeria time) earlier than rounding off the group stage with a conflict towards Canada 4 days later (Thursday, 18th August).