Former Super Falcons goalkeeper, Ann Chiejine, has stated that South Africa won’t be good enough to stop Nigeria Falconets despite the threat of intent from South Africa women U-20 team coach, Khumalo.
Chiejine reacted to a statement credited to Bayana Bayana’s Coach Khumalo that ‘South Africa cannot afford to continue to play second fiddle to Nigeria in women football’, saying no matter the threat, the Falconet will edge their opponent because of the mandate to do well at the FIFA U20 Women World Cup in France next year.
Three goals scored from counter-attacking positions steered the Nigeria U-20 girls, Falconets, to a 5-1 trouncing of their visiting Moroccan counterparts at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium on Saturday evening.
The Falconets will now clash with their South African counterparts in the final round of the African qualifiers. The South Africans hammered Burundi 5-0 for a 5-2 aggregate. South Africa will host Nigeria in the first leg on 13th January 2018.
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