THE Falconets of Nigeria lost 1-0 last night to Mexico in a friendly match in Bogota ahead of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia.
The match was the the final test for the two-time finalists before the 11th Women’s World Cup kicks off on Saturday.
The Mexicans scored the only goal of the match in the 20th minute, but had to withstand relentless pressure from the Falconets at the home ground of the Club Banco de la República.
NFF President Alhaji Ibrahim Gusau, who attended the match alongside Chairman of the Technical and Development Sub-Committee Sharif Rabiu Inuwa, General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi and Head of Women’s Football Amina Daura, praised the Falconets for their impressive display and charged them to be encouraged by the good showing and their victory over Australia in another friendly on Friday last week, as they countenance the global finals.
Nigeria will take on Korea Republic in their first match of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup at the 10,000-capacity Estadio Metropolitano de Techo in Bogota on September 2– the same venue where they will battle three-time champions Germany three days later.
Their final match of the group phase is against Venezuela at the Estadio Pascual Guerrero in Cali on September 7.
