Nigeria’s U-17 girls’s nationwide group head coach, Bankole Olowookere, has described his facet’s 4-1 defeat to Canada of their opening match of the FIFA U-17 Ladies’s World Cup Morocco 2025 as a troublesome studying expertise.
Talking after the sport, Olowookere admitted that particular person errors and missed probabilities value the Flamingos regardless of a vibrant first-half show.
“You realize, this can be a big sport, and generally errors occur. We gave away two simple targets and didn’t take our probabilities after they got here,” he stated.
The coach, nonetheless, remained upbeat, expressing confidence that his younger group would bounce again stronger of their remaining group fixtures.
“It’s a lesson for the ladies. We’ll return, appropriate our errors, and put together higher for the following matches,” Olowookere added. “We nonetheless have two video games to play, and we’ll do every part potential—tactically and mentally—to get the wins we have to keep within the event.”
Nigeria at the moment sit backside of group D after France defeated Samoa 4-2 on Sunday. The Flamingos will hope to reignite their marketing campaign after they face France of their subsequent group-stage encounter on Wedenesday.
