By Onyekachi Chimezie
Flamingos head coach Olowookere Bankole has stated that the team is prepared for their last group stage game against tournament debutant Chile.
Nigeria U-17 Women national team will play Chile at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar city on Monday afternoon.
While speaking to NFF TV after the Flamingos last training session on Sunday night, Coach Bankole spoke on the team’s readiness going into the clash.
“We have been fully ready ever since we played New Zealand. We start with the mindset that we need to win Chile to get to the next stage so that mindset is there for us and we are working towards that, as you can see our final session now we are trying to strategies the loopholes.
“Even though we won against New Zealand that does not say all is well, there were some other lapses, we lost many chances and then there were some loose markings so we need to work on all those at once. So I think we have done that, hopefully we’ll be able to respond very well when it comes to the game time,” He said.
The Flamingos were wasteful in front of goals against New Zealand on Friday, even though they ended scoring four goals, and coach Olowookere highlighted the possible solutions to resolving the team’s missed chances.
“Yeah, that’s what we are known for, right from our qualifying matches except the one we played against Ethiopia. We’ll still see one or two misses because these are girls that are just coming up but the most important thing I am praying for is for them to create more chances out of the chances they create they will be able to score goals so we try as much as possible to minimise our waste so that we don’t regret it,” Coach Bankole concluded.
