Julius Okorie
Still basking in the euphoria of their 2-1 win over Australia in buildup friendly on Friday, Falconets will later today (Monday) square up against Mexico in their second and final shape up friendly.
Falconets who are the 2010 and 2014 silver medallists had on Friday, edged the Aussies 2-1 in regulation time even as the girls look sharp and ready to face hard fighters Mexico.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelHead Coach, Christopher Musa Danjuma, said Nigeria’s U-20 girls, Falconets, will go all the way in search of triumph over their Mexican counterparts at the Club Banco de la República in Bogota.
“Our victory over Australia was such a sweet one, but I have told the ladies to drive it into the recesses of their minds and concentrate on Monday’s encounter. We need another victory to sustain our winning mentality. We won five of our six qualifying matches with healthy score lines and have now added victory over the Australians to boot.
“As I keep saying at every turn, the FIFA World Cup finals here will not be easy. The fact that we are up against Korea Republic and three-time winners Germany in our first two matches, means we need to be at our best physically, mentally and psychologically.
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Physically and mentally, I believe we are in shape. Psychologically, we are good, and we will be great if we defeat the Mexicans to go into the competition unbeaten.”
In the African qualifying race, the Falconets routed their counterparts from Central African Republic 6-0 each in Douala and Abuja, sent packing Burkina Faso with a 1-1 draw in Bamako and 6-0 spanking in Abuja, and dismissed Liberia 4-1 in Monrovia and 2-0 in Abuja, in the process scoring 25 goals and conceding only two
The clash with the Mexicans, who are expected to provide much-stiffer opposition (having missed only one edition of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup finals since it started in 2002), will kickoff at 3:30pm Colombia time (9:30pm Nigeria time).
Julius Okorie is Chief Sports and Entertainment Correspondent for Prime Business Africa. He began his journalism career with the Champion Newspaper and Sporting Champion and later moved on to Daily Independent and the Nation Newspapers. Okorie joined Prime Business Africa in 2024 bringing on board 20 years of experience in writing investigative news on Sports and Entertainment. His well researched and highly informative articles on Sports Business and general entertainment are followed by a wide range of audience.
