The U-20 Women National Team, also known as Falconets, flew out of the country on Monday for a 24 –day final
camping programme in Canada ahead of this year’s FIFA Under 20 Women’s World Cup
finals taking place in the same country.
A delegation of 24 players and 11 officials, led by NFF Chief Technical
Officer, Siji Lagunju, flew aboard a Lufthansa
Airline airplane from Abuja to Frankfurt, from where it would connect
another flight to Moncton, Canada.
Head Coach Peter Dedevbo said on Monday that his girls are focused on a
mission of doing the country and the continent proud in North America.
“We have a squad of able, courageous and confident players and I believe
we have the capacity to go all the way in Canada,” Dedevbo said.
It would be recalled that Nigeria has featured in all previous FIFA U-20
Women’s World Cup finals since the event was launched in the same country
(Canada) 12 years ago, reaching the final in Germany four years ago before
losing to hosts Germany.
The Falconets made it to the
semi finals of the 2012 finals in Japan.
In Canada, Dedevbo who led the U-17 girls to the FIFA U-17 World Cup
finals in Trinidad and Tobago in 2010 and Azerbaijan in 2012, will pump up the Falconets’ spirit for the Group C
campaign against Mexico and Korea Republic in Moncton (August 6 and 9
respectively) and; against England in Toronto on August 13.
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