Flamingoes tackle Spain Friday. Nigerias Flamingoes will on Friday lead Africas quest for honour against Europe at the ongoing FIFA U-17 Womens World Cup in Liberia, Costa Rica. The encounter, which holds 8.00pm local time (3.00am Thursday in Nigeria), will have New Zealands Anna-Marie Keighley as centre referee as the Flamingoes go head to head with Spain. The Nigerians have been hugely impressive, advancing from the group phase with a 100 per cent record and scoring seven goals and conceding two in the process. However, Spain recovered from their opening-day defeat to Japan to qualify in style with a 7-1 defeat of Paraguay – their biggest ever victory – and have high hopes of matching their performance at Trinidad and Tobago 2010, where they finished third. Interestingly, Nigerias Uchenna Kanu has been a thorn in the side of opposing defences at Costa Rica 2014, continually making herself available for her team-mates and showing off the full range of her passing skills. In finding the back of the net against Mexico, she (Kanu) became only the second player in the competition to score in every group match, Venezuela’s Deyna Castellanos being the first, a release in FIFAs official website read in part. Meanwhile, the other African side still in the hunt, Ghanas Black Maidens’ will be banking on the experience they acquired at the last two FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cups when they take on Italy. The Italians, who won their first two group matches before falling to Venezuela, have a daunting task against a team that finished third at Azerbaijan 2012 and topped their group after accounting for both Korea DPR and Germany.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 07:25:01 +0000
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