Nkiyu likes Flamingoes World Cup readiness
Nigeria’s U17 women team (Flamingoes) head coach, Bala Nkiyu has said the nation’s campaigners will be ready for the challenges at the world stage in Jordan.
The tactician took charge of the team at the 2014 Fifa U17 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica where the Nigerians reached the quarterfinals.
Nkiyu said there has been remarkable improvement in the squad that he led through four wins out of four matches in the African qualifying series and which had been in camp in Abuja since the end of July 2016.
“There has been remarkable improvement in my players since they resumed camp in July and now.
“I am happy to say they have been adhering to instructions during training sessions, they are much fitter now and are playing more cohesively and will certainly be ready to face the best in the world.
“The mistakes that we noted when we started the camp have been largely corrected,” said Nkiyu to thenff.com.
Nkiyu also said that the series of friendly games played so far have helped him in assessing his team.
The Flamingoes have played six test games since resuming camp, winning five and drawing one. Their last game was against Yaba Stars FC of Abuja on Sunday, September 11. In that game, the Flamingoes came from 2-1 down to defeat the boys’ team 3-2 at the FIFA Goal Project Pitch, Abuja.