Morocco 2025: Flamingos Seek High-margin Win To Assure World Cup Ticket

Head Coach Bankole Olowookere said on Friday that Nigerias U17 girls, Flamingos, will aspire to win big in their FIFA U17 Womens World Cup final qualifying round, first leg encounter against their Algerian counterparts on Saturday, in order to reduce the pressure ahead of next weeks return leg duel in North Africa.

We have been working very hard to correct the lapses noticed in our last matches against South Africa, and we believe we are in good form to achieve a handsome win here and then go all out in the second leg in Algeria, Olowookere told thenff.com.

I have always told the girls that no two matches are the same, so the fact that we beat South Africa home-and-away does not mean we will rest on our oars in this final round. We have to keep our feet on the ground, and keep working harder, bonding better and aiming higher. Our mission is to pick the FIFA World Cup ticket, and go to Morocco to make Nigeria proud.

Saturdays encounter comes up at the Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne-Remo, where the Flamingos turned back South Africas Bantwana 2-0 following a 3-1 hammering of the latter in Pretoria. It is also the same venue where the Super Falcons defeated their Algerian counterparts 2-0 in a friendly match in October last year.