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FIFA President Gianni Infantino and CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe have both hailed Nigeria’s Flamingos as deserving world champions, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has revealed.
Acting General Secretary Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme, MON, shared the praise on Monday afternoon when he led NFF Management to visit the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup winners at their Abuja hotel, as the country continues to celebrate their triumph in Morocco.
“The FIFA President and the CAF President told me at different times that you all have done well and that your triumph was no fluke. You won it as a result of better performance. You played your opponents hands down and dominated right from your second match until the end. After narrowly losing your first match, you changed your game for the better and won the following six matches convincingly to lift the trophy. You showed the world the gulf in class between you and the other teams.”
Ikpeme said the victory has pushed Nigeria up the world football map. He noted that Nigeria is the first African country to win the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, and also the first to win both the male and female titles of the FIFA U17 World Cup.
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“There is no way the history of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup will be written without your names. The Federal Government is happy and the generality of Nigerians are happy about this accomplishment. Our prayer is that as a collective and as individuals, you will continue to improve your game to get even better and take your game to the next level.”
He urged the players to keep working on every area of their game where they feel they fall short, and never to stop aspiring for greater things.
“My prayer to you all is that, as you have decided to take football as a career, your career will not end abruptly; it will keep progressing. As a federation, we want to see that you progress from the U17 level to the U20 and then the Super Falcons.”
Also at the hotel were Acting Deputy General Secretary Dr Ademola Olajire; Director of Legal Services Okey Obi, Esq; Director of Competitions Ms Ruth David; Director of Finance and Administration Mr Rajan Zaka; Director of Planning, Research and Statistics Mr Dayo Enebi Achor; and Head of Women’s Football Hajiya Amina Daura.
