Dominican Republic 2024: Flamingos Depart For Bamako Wednesday

Dominican Republic 2024: Flamingos Depart For Bamako Wednesday

Precious Oham

The Nigeria U17 Women's National Team, Flamingos will depart Abuja for Bamako on Wednesday ahead of their FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture against Burkina Faso, BSNSports.com.ng reports. 

The Flamingos, who thrashed Soccer Talent Academy 9-1 in Abuja in their first preparatory match will face the Burkinabe U17 women’s team on Saturday, 11 May.

Speaking after the match with Soccer Talent Academy, coach Bankole Olowookere pointed out the areas the technical crew must work on before jetting out of the country.

"Despite scoring a lot of goals today, we missed a lot of chances too and we can not afford to do that in a competitive match. We must utilize our chances to score goals against Burkina Faso so that the return leg at home will be a walk in the park for us.

"I have noticed one or two things that must be corrected before our next friendly match and the girls must understand the difference between training session and match situation."

Nigeria has appeared at every edition of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals bar one - the 2018 finals staged in Uruguay.