‘Nigeria’s U17 girls remain focused after Cameroon win’

The head coach of Nigeria’s U-17 girls volleyball team, Sunday Akapson, said his team are not getting carried away following their win over Cameroon in their second game of the 2023 Girl’s U-17 African Nations Volleyball Championship.

Nigeria return to winning ways on Monday beating Cameroon 3-1 (19-25, 25-20, 25-13, 25-22) to record their first win in the competition.

Speaking after the game, Akapson said they hoped to improve on their game when they face the familiar foes on Wednesday.

The head coach of Nigeria’s U-17 girls volleyball team, Sunday Akapson.

“Congratulations to everyone because this is the first time we are having an aged group tournament and Nigeria won a game on home soil, this is telling the players that they can always do it and this is just the starting point,” Akapson said.

Read Also: Bundesliga: Boniface targets fourth consecutive Rookie of the Month award

“We don’t want to over-celebrate this victory because we are meeting them again on Wednesday in the semi-finals but the good thing is this will prepare our girls and let them know that if we play our game we stand a chance to win.”

We did a lot of psychological analysis of the team and we changed so many things about our relationships with the girls and it worked. If that works we will improve on that to get results in our next game.”

Meanwhile, after defeating Nigeria and Cameroon, Egypt have qualified for the final of the 2023 girl’s U-17 African Nations Volleyball Championship.

The North African maintained their unbeaten run at the championship and will face the winners between Nigeria and Cameroon in a final that will be played on Thursday.

This edition of the girl’s U-17 African Nations Volleyball Championship is taking place at the indoor sports hall of Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja.