Nigeria’s national under-20 women football team, Falconets are in Dakar ahead of their World Cup Qualifier clash against Senegal on Saturday.
The two–time World Cup runners-up have scored a total of 18 goals in five matches in the qualifying series while beating Central African Republic (CAR), Republic of Congo and Cameroon.
Falconets scored seven goals away and four at home against CAR, before lashing the Congolese girls 4-0 in Brazzaville, leading to the Congolese Football Federation pulling their girls out of the return leg. The Falconets then went on to played a barren draw against their Cameroonian counterpart away in the first leg but refueled at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja scoring three goals in the second leg to crash Cameroon out of the race
Falconets have booked a date with Senegal in the final round of qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup.
The team captain Tosin Dimehin has stated that the Falconet are in high spirit ahead of the team’s final round of world cup qualifiers coming up with a first leg tie this weekend against their Senegalese.
Coach Christopher Danjuma arrived with 23 Falconets:
Goalkeepers: Nelly Ekeh (Sunshine Queens); Monle Oyono (Bayelsa Queens); Inyene Etim (Abia Angels)
Defenders: Oluwatosin Demehin (Rivers Angels); Omowunmi Oshobukola (Edo Queens); Rofiat Imuran (Rivers Angels); Jumoke Alani (Edo Queens) Motunrayo Ezekiel (Naija Ratels); Oluwabunmi Oladeji (Nasarawa Amazons); Oluchi Ohaegbulem (Confluence Queens); Chidinma Ogbuchi (FC Robo Queens)
Midfielders: Bashirat Amoo (Nasarawa Amazons); Esther Onyenezide (FC Robo Queens); Adoo Yina (Nasarawa Amazons); Deborah Abiodun (Rivers Angels), Chinyere Kalu (Nasarawa Amazons); Anuoluwapo Salisu (Bayelsa Queens)
Forwards: Joy Jerry (Bayelsa Queens); Mercy Idoko (Nasarawa Amazons); Flourish Sebastine (Bayelsa Queens); Taiwo Lawal (FC Robo Queens); Blessing Okpe (Rivers Angels); Tessy Ojiyovwi (Nasarawa Amazons)
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