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Ajakaye, Edidiong’s Goals Against Galatasaray Salvage Win For Flamingos

Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national team, Flamingos on Saturday evening defeated Galatasaray FC women’s first team 3-1 in a preparatory friendly game in Kocaeli ahead of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India which starts

Opeyemi Ajakaye scored in the 26th minute while Etim Edidiong grabbed a brace in the 34th and 77th minutes in between Ebru Topliv’s 44th minute goal for the hosts.

The Flamingos who overcame Ethiopia 5-1 on aggregate to reach the tournament in India will face Germany in their first World Cup game on October 11 in Goa at 4pm Nigerian time.

The team coached by Bankole Oluwokoore will then play against New Zealand and Chile in the other two matche on October 14th and 17th respectively.

The Nigerian team is expected to fly out to India next week Thursday, October 6.

Matches of the 2022 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup will hold at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa and the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.