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Morocco 2025: Flamingos seek high-margin win to assure World Cup ticket

Posted : 19 April 2025

The Head Coach, Bankole Olowookere, said on Friday that Nigeria’s U-17 girls, the Flamingos, will aim to secure a big win in their FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup final qualifying round, first-leg encounter against their Algerian counterparts on Saturday, to ease the pressure ahead of next week’s return-leg duel in North Africa.


“We have been working very hard to correct the lapses noticed in our last matches (against South Africa), and we believe we are in good form to achieve a solid win here and then go all out in the second leg in Algeria,” Olowookere said.


“I have always told the girls that no two matches are the same, so the fact that we beat South Africa home-and-away does not mean we will rest on our laurels in this final round.


We have to keep our feet on the ground, continue working harder, bonding better, and aiming higher. Our mission is to secure the FIFA World Cup ticket and go to Morocco to make Nigeria proud.”


Saturday’s encounter will take place at the Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne-Remo, where the Flamingos previously defeated South Africa’s Bantwana 2-0, following a 3-1 victory in Pretoria. It is also the same venue where the Super Falcons defeated their Algerian counterparts 2-0 in a friendly match last October.


Olowookere will unleash forward Harmony Chidi (who has now scored 16 goals in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches, including the 13 she scored on the way to the finals in the Dominican Republic last year), midfielder Shakirat Moshood (who scored four goals at the last FIFA World Cup finals in the Dominican Republic and also opened the scoring against South Africa in Pretoria), and Aishat Animashaun (who was among the scorers against Bantwana last month) on the Algerians to achieve his objective.


The return leg is scheduled for the Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida (outside Algeria) on Friday, April 25.


This year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals will take place in Morocco from October 17 to November 5.

 

 

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