2024 FIFA U17 WWC: Flamingos Can Beat Ecuador- Olowookere

Content 2024 FIFA U17 WWC: Flamingos Can Beat Ecuador- Olowookere

Ibrahim Lateef

Flamingos Head Coach Bankole Olowookere is confident that his girls will have another successful day when they play against debutants Ecuador on Saturday in their second match of Group A at the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in the Dominican Republic, reports BSNSports.com.ng.

“Our tournament strategy is to focus on the next match, take it one match at a time. We need not look further than the next match, and now, we have Ecuador in our sights. The Ecuadorians have shown, with their defeat of the host nation, that they may be debutants but not a team to be taken for granted.

“The players have recovered well from their opening match victory over New Zealand and we are ready for Ecuador. We know that three points in that game will all but get us into the knock-out stage. It is an opportunity we will not allow to slip out of our hands.”

The win on Wednesday took Nigeria to the top of the Group A table, where they still perch courtesy of a goal advantage over the Ecuadorians, who earned a 2-0 win over the Dominican Republic.

Shakirat Moshood, Taiwo Adegoke, Faridat Abdulwahab and captain Taiwo Afolabi (Player of the Match) scored the goals that condemned the girls from Down Under to a huge defeat, and will be expected to again fire on all cylinders against the South Americans.

Top scorer in the qualifying campaign with 13 goals, forward Harmony Chidi will fight harder to open her goal account at the finals.

Her efforts were blocked time and again by the New Zealanders, and the clash with Ecuador presents another chance to show the world what she is capable of.

Saturday’s match will kick off at 4 pm Dominican Republic time (9 pm Nigeria, and will take place at the same CFC Stadium where the Flamingos tore apart the New Zealanders.