U21 African Nations Championship: Coach Rakiya Happy With The Team Performance

U21 African Nations Championship: Coach Rakiya Happy With The Team Performance

By Sampson Adedeji

Following the amazing performance of the Nigeria U21 women's Volleyball team in the just concluded African Nations championship in Niamey, Niger, the team head coach Rakiya Mohammed has expressed his excitement with the team feat, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

The Nigerian team secured the trophy on Sunday after weeping aside Benin Republic and in the final having defeated Ghana and Niger earlier in the championship.

“I am the happiest coach on earth today because this is the first time Nigeria is picking a trophy in the under aged championship so I feel so happy. 

The Ghanaians came all out to play the Nigerian team but the girls showed them that Khaki no be leather.

That’s how we played and defeated them and we’ve lifted the trophy and we are taking it back to Nigeria.

“I told them that Ghana played us first, and the second time that we are meeting, it’s going to be difficult. 

They’re going to push, so we should push more than the first time we played them, and that is exactly what the girls did.

Both in defence, in attack, in blocks and in service, Nigerian girls were wonderful” remarked Nigeria’s U21 volleyball coach", he said.

The victory means that Nigeria has qualified for the World Championship in Thailand later in the year.