President Goodluck Jonathan has charged Nigeria\u2019s junior women team, the Flamingoes, to go all out and win the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n
Alhaji Tukur Mani, Nigeria\u2019s Ambassador to Iran, who has concurrent accreditation to Azerbaijan, Armenia and Kazakhstan, delivered the President\u2019s message to the team and their officials in Baku.<\/p>\n
The Deputy Head of Mission in Azerbaijan, Garba Bello, said:\u00a0 \u201cAmb. Tukur Mani, while\u00a0 delivering the message of President Goodluck Jonathan to the team and their officials, urged them to excel.<\/p>\n
“President Jonathan said we should boost the morale of the players and inspire them to go far and win the tournament.<\/p>\n
“God willing, the team has started doing what the president urged them to do by beating the host nation Azerbaijan 11 \u2013 0 on Tuesday before their fans.<\/p>\n
“The match of yesterday (Tuesday) was a display of high skill and cohesion in the Flamingoes team.<\/p>\n
“Even in the opening game against Canada, Nigerian girls showed good football, although they drew at the end. It was obvious that Nigeria was a better team than Canada in the game.<\/p>\n
“With the way they are going, our girls will reach the final and lift the FIFA Under 17 World Cup.\u00a0\u00a0 I have watched all the teams in this competition training and I can say that we have no rival.”<\/p>\n
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Flamingoes will end their group campaign with a match against Columbia at Bayil Stadium in Baku on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, with her five strikes against Azerbaijan in Tuesday’s 11 \u2013 0 victory, Nigeria’s Chinwendu Ihezuo set a new tournament record formost goals by an individual in one game.<\/p>\n
She overtakes Germany’s Kyra Malinowski and Korea Republic’s Yeo Minji, who each netted four against South Africa and Nigeria respectively during the 2010 edition.<\/p>\n
Only two games into the campaign, Gambia have already equalled the tournament record for goals conceded.<\/p>\n
The record was set by South Africa who shipped 17 in three matches at the 2010 edition.<\/p>\n
– NAN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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