Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos, are to remain in camp as they countenance the final round of qualification series for this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals, in which they confront their Algerian counterparts.
The first leg encounter will take place on Saturday, 19th April at the Remo Stars’ Stadium, Ikenne-Remo, with both teams to clash in the final leg in Algeria a week later.
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2022 World Cup bronze medalists Nigeria trashed South Africa’s Bantwana 3-1 in Pretoria and followed this up with a 2-0 win in Ikenne at the weekend, for a 5-1 aggregate win that condemned the visitors to trying their luck again next year, while Nigeria progressed to the final round.
On their part, Algeria lost 1-2 to Botswana in Gaborone in the first leg, but fired on all cylinders to win the return 4-0 on home soil to be eligible to confront Nigeria for a ticket to this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in Morocco.
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Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos, who are to remain in camp in preparation for the final rounds of qualifiers, will be gunning for appearing in a third straight world cup tournament.
These ladies have already done themselves proud by overcoming bitter tactical rivals South Africa across 2 legs to get here.
Now they face Algeria at home in the 1st leg on 19 April.
I will be watching it to see whether Coach Bankole has injected greater tactical sagacity to the team’s methods, approach and philosophy.
The team’s game is bereft of flair and tactical variance but they are always businesslike in pursuit of their objectives with athletism and physicality.
This businesslike attitude should do the trick against Algeria across 2 legs. It is how they will perform at the world cup that worries me greatly.
North Korea, Japan, Spain are just some of the teams with highly developed tactical methods in Under 17 women’s football.
Will Coach Bankole prove to be in their league?