Nigeria’s feminine cadet nationwide crew, Flamingos’ coach, Bankole Olowookere has confessed that his facet dropped into a decent spot on the ongoing FIFA U17 Girls’s World Cup in Morocco due to their 4-1 loss to Canada.
Sports247 reviews that Olowookere went philosophical forward of his crew’s final group match versus Samoa on Saturday, with a verdict that dropping closely of their first recreation was an enormous blow to their qualification aspirations, which now relies on a miracle to return true.
Though the Nigerian crew additionally misplaced 1-0 to France of their second recreation, Olowookere took comfort from what he known as a greater present of combating spirit by his gamers, which he believes may assist them snatch the required win in opposition to Samoa.
He equally famous that defeating Samoa with a heavy margin (beginning at 5pm Nigeria time on Saturday) may see the Flamingos qualify for the following spherical as probably the greatest third positioned groups after the competitors’s group stage.
“We simply must see if we are able to get one thing out of the very best losers’ alternative with this recreation in opposition to Samoa,” the soft-spoken tactician acknowledged.
“We simply must work onerous and see if we are able to play higher once more. The best way we performed in opposition to France was higher than what we did in opposition to Canada.
“If we had put up a great battle in opposition to Canada, we gained’t be within the place we are actually. So, we simply must work onerous and see if we are able to stay within the competitors,” Olowookere projected.
Sports247 gathered that Nigeria’s hope of choosing a ticket as probably the greatest third positioned groups acquired a lift with China’s spanking of Ecuador on Friday, however the Flamingos must hold their very own a part of the duty by defeating Samoa at the very least 2-0 on Saturday
