NFF President Storms Goa To Support Flamingos Against Colombia

When the Nigerian U-17 women national team confront their Colombian counterparts in the semifinal of the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women World Cup in Goa, India, tomorrow, the girls will not lack support from the stands.
Yesterday, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) revealed that its president, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, has mobilised support for the girls, who are looking for their first appearance in the final of the competition.
According to thenff.com, “the NFF boss, who has spoken with the players and officials severally during their earlier games in the tournament, will physically witness the semifinal showdown at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa.”
The match will start by 12.00 p.m. Nigeria time (4.00 p.m. Indian time) with the second semifinal between Germany and Spain to kick off three-and-half hours later.
Victory over Colombia who defeated the only other African team to make the knockout stage, Tanzania 3-0 in the last eight will shoot the Flamingos into Sunday’s final.
The Flamingos’ odyssey in India has had an uncanny resemblance to that of the Nigeria U-20 girls, Falconets in Germany 12 years ago, at least from the quarterfinal stage.
In 2010, in what was the first international tournament for a ny Nigerian team under the presidency of Alhaji Aminu Maigari, the Falconets had beaten the United States 4-2 in a penalty shootout in a FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup quarterfinal after both teams tied 1-1 in regulation time in Augsburg.
Four days later, a second minute goal by Ebere Orji at the Bielefelder Alm in the city of Bielefeld condemned Colombia to defeat in the semifinal, and the Falconets squared up to Germany in the final.