U17WWC: NIGERIA TO FACE USA IN Q/FINALS - PREVIEW

By- Olamide Awoyinfa

Nigeria's Flamingos will face USA in their quarter final encounter on Friday, in a bid for a place in U17 Women's World Cup, semi final in India. Coach Bankole Olowookere side defeated Chile on Monday by 2-1 to book a meeting with USA, who also trashed Morocco 4-0 the same day to finish top of their group.

STATS OF BOTH TEAMS Nigeria finished second in Group B behind Germany with six points while Germany picked full points from the group ( 9 points). Nigeria scored seven goals and conceded 3 goals.

While USA won Group A with seven points ahead of Brazil, who finished second on goals difference, Germany scored thirteen goals in total and conceded just one goal in the group stage. Nigeria has played in every edition of the tournament(Except 2018) and have failed to go past the quarterfinal in three previous attempts ( 2010, 2012 and 2014 ) Also the present champion of CONCACAF, USA are yet to win the competition. MATCH DETAILS: Competition: 2022 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup Match: USA vs Nigeria Venue: DY Patil, Mumbai India. Date: October 21, 2022 Time: 12pm (Nigerian Time)