Last night (08/13/14) in
Canada, Nigeria's Under-20 Women's Soccer World Cup team beat England,
2-1 to qualify for the quarter finals of the 2014 tournament. This elegant and
cohesive Nigerian winning team played a thrilling, entertaining and richly skillful
game to overcome its English counterpart. The first half ended 1-1, but Nigeria
scored the winning goal in the second half through a penalty kick. Interestingly, moments before Nigeria scored its winning and
second goal, the English side won a penalty kick but was unable to convert it
to a goal.
This game was so fast-paced,
entertaining and technically-sophisticated on both sides that one could hardly
take any momentary break from it. I believe that this Nigerian team is so
rugged, so technically-oriented, so agile, so manifestly disciplined and so
determined that I will be unpleasantly surprised if it fails to win the golden
trophy for this under-20 women’s world cup soccer competition. I cannot wait to
see this cohesive and well-blended team win the under-20 women's World Cup. At
least, it will serve as a consolation for the heart-break that we lovers of
soccer suffered when the Super Eagles of Nigeria crashed out of the group of 16
during the recently-concluded 2014 senior World Cup Cup extravaganza in Brazil.
The Nigerian Under-20 women’s World
Cup team, which has emerged as the winner of Group C, is now set to play its
quarterfinal game against New Zealand, the runner-up of Group D. Join me in
saluting and applauding for this crop of adorable, gifted, richly skilled, determined,
cohesive and soccer-loving Nigerian teenagers!!! The sky seems to be their
limit!
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