NFF lauds Falconets impressive showing at World Cup event in Costa Rica

Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, has praised the Under-20 Women National Team, Falconets for its excellent performance at the ongoing FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica, at which the team has won all three matches of the group phase and qualified for the quarter-finals as group leader.

The Falconets Thursday rounded off their group stage campaign in style; beating Canada 3-1 at the Estadio Alajuela Morera Soto.

Coach Chris Danjuma’s ladies had before now relied on late goals to secure slim 1-0 wins over France and the Korea Republic but the game against Canada was a completely different ball game.

Falconets’ imperial campaign in the group stage earns the Falconets a quarter-final date with The Netherlands in Alajuela as from 1am on Monday

The committee, speaking at the executive meeting in Lagos on Thursday, noted that the achievement, as well as the triumphs of the U20 and U17 Boys in regional tournaments in Niger Republic and Ghana, and the qualification of the U17 Girls for the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup India 2022, is a marker of the dedication, vision and investment of the present NFF administration in youth development.