Costa Rica 2022 Qualifier: Falconets Shift Focus To Next Round

Costa Rica 2022 Qualifier: Falconets Shift Focus To Next Round By Niyi Busari Seven-goal winners from the first leg on away ground, Nigeria’s U20 girls, Falconets feel no pressure as they host their counterparts from the Central African Republic in a FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022 at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Wednesday evening. According to a press release by NFF Communications Department, the Falconets flew into Lagos on Monday from Abuja ahead of the return leg, and on arrival had a little rest before heading straight to business as Coach Christopher Danjuma and his assistants drilled the girls in a two-hour intense training session at the Legacy Pitch of the National Stadium, Surulere. Despite Nigeria the comprehensive 7-0 win in Douala, Danjuma insists his girls will not be complacent when they face the central African side on Wednesday. The Falconets have been scheduled to train at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena (venue of the recently-concluded maiden edition of Aisha Buhari Invitational Women’s Tournament) on Tuesday by 3 pm, with the Central African Republic girls scheduled to have their official training at 4 pm. However, the Central African Republic girls are scheduled to arrive in the country at 3.30 pm on Tuesday alongside that country’s senior men’s team, who are due to take on the Super Eagles in a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Africa Day 3 clash at the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Thursday. Forward Mercy Idoko, with a brace, and Esther Onyenezide, Joy Jerry, Deborah Abiodun, Taiwo Lawal, and Yena Adoo accounted for the trouncing of the Central African Republic girls at the Stade Japome de Douala. Once done with the first-round task on Wednesday, the Falconets will have a date with the winner of the fixture involving Egypt’s U20 girls and their Democratic Republic of Congo counterparts. The first leg in Cairo ended 1-1, with the return leg in Kinshasa on Saturday.