Head coach of Nigeria U-20 national team, the Falconets, Coach Coach Christopher Musa Danjuma has reiterated that his team cannot afford to make mistakes in their group game of the U-20 women’s world Cup.As the tournament draws closer, the team has been in preparation for the event as it will unfold later this month in Colombia.
Coach Danjuma said, “The girls have been working very hard, and I am delighted at the level of improvement I have seen in the squad. There is greater understanding and ambition to accomplish.
“At an individual level, they continue to grow and show their determination to excel with focus on the larger picture.
“We must be very ready from the first blast of the referee’s whistle in Colombia, as there will not be many minutes to make mistakes and adjust against Korea Republic and Germany.
“Those two games will be key to our progress to the knockout rounds. We also cannot afford to under-rate Venezuela – they went through the qualifying rounds. The import is that we must bring our ‘A’ game to the party in all three matches.” Danjuma added.
The team will fly out of the country in 16 days for a two-week final camping programme in Colombia, before their first match of the tournament against Korea Republic in Bogotá on the first day of September.
Other matches are against Germany (also inside the El Techo Stadium in Bogotá) on Wednesday, 4th September, and against Venezuela in Cali three days later.
Nigeria also reached the final of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in 2010, losing to host nation Germany. Four years later, the Falconets made the semi-finals in Japan.
