Nigeria’s U20 girls, the Falconets, have arrived at their Wyndhad Hotel, Bogota, where the team will stay for their first two matches of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024.
Ahead of the World Cup, the Falconets have been clinical in the final third, scoring 27 goals in eight games (six competitive and two friendly matches).
The 2010 and 2014 runners-up arrived in high spirits, looking forward to their first match of the tournament against South Korea (known as the Korea Republic by FIFA) on Monday.
The Koreans best finish was third place in 2010, and the Park Yun-jung tutored team has promised to provide stiff opposition for the perennial finalists.
Nigeria is one of only four nations to have competed in every finals edition since the competition’s U19 launch in Canada in 2002, according to Persecondnews.
The Falconets have further group phase encounters against three-time champions Germany (also in Bogota) and Venezuela (in cali) on September 4 and September 7, respectively.
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