Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president, Ibrahim Musa Gusau has charged the Flamingo team to go for victory as they play New Zealand on Friday.

 

The Nigeria U-17 girls relinquished a one goal lead to lose 1-2 against Germany in the first match of the tournament and will be seeking to get their campaign on track in their next game.

 

Hence, NFF supremo has challenged the team to put their defeat to Germany behind them and go all out for three points when they take to the pitch against their New Zealand counterparts Thursday afternoon at the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in India.

 

"I spoke to the girls after the match against Germany to cheer them up, and I have spoken to them and their officials today for them to appreciate the enormity of the task before them, because the NFF and indeed, all Nigerians, want them to proceed to the knock-out stages.

 

They must work hard at converting their opportunities. They must play to their strengths and do the best they can to emasculate the opposition. A good win against New Zealand will be a great confidence-booster for the team going into the crunch encounter with Chile on Monday.”

 

The encounter between Nigeria and New Zealand will kick off at 4.30pm India time (12.30pm Nigeria time).

 

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