2024 FIFA U-20 WW/C: Danjuma optimistic of Falconets victory over Tanzania

Christopher Danjuma, the head coach of the National U-20 Women`s Football Team, has expressed confidence that the team would triumph over Tanzania in the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Qualifier.

The Supreme reports that the first leg is scheduled for Dar es Salaam on Nov. 10 and Nov. 12, with the return leg at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, between Nov. 17 and Nov. 19.

Danjuma told the newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja that the team is determined to give their best and to make the country proud.

“We are going to put a smile on the faces of Nigerians after the match. We are all in high spirits and committed to bringing positive results to Nigeria.

"We are solid and working on our finishing touches. Starting from the various departments and collectively as a team, we are good to go,” he said.

The coach said that Tanzania was not threat to the Falconets

“Tanzania always have a strong team, we are not scared or afraid of them, we will fight to win the first leg away and the second in Abuja .

“The young ladies are good enough to overcome the Tanzanians in November. My girls will win their matches with determination and dedication, like their predecessors did.

“The team is not under any pressure. I believe that they have the ability to deliver, and we have given them what they require to succeed, he said.

He said that the team played some friendly matches with Academy outfits and won all of them.

“We will be playing another friendly match on Wednesday with the Andrew Academy football club of Abuja, he said.

Supreme News reports that following the withdrawal of Mauritius from the second-round attrition with Nigeria, the 2022 World Cup quarter-finalists drew bye to face Tanzania in the third round.