Flamingos head coach, Bankole Olowookere believes that the Flamingos weren’t lucky, rather that the progress was long overdue.
“As a country, Nigeria is bigger than just the quarter-finals, and the victory against the USA was a reward for hard work,” Olowookere stated.
“We are not destined to be in the quarter-finals, we are a big nation in football so we just needed to work things out and God allowed things to work for us that’s why we are here today.
” I’m happy with the win, there is nothing I can give Nigerians than to win the game,”
“I’m happy, we have a good future ahead of us.”
The Nigerian girls zoomed into the semi-finals at the 2022 FIFA Women’s World Cup in India following a pulsating 4-3 penalty shootout win against the Americans.
The game was tied at 1-1 after 90 minutes.
The Flamingos made it to the semi-finals for the first time in the history of the competition.
The Flamingos will face the winner of the quarter-final tie between Colombia and Tanzania in the semi-final.