By Amaechi Agbo
The Nigeria’s U-20 Women’s national football team, will begin camping next weekend ahead of their double header 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF announced that camp will open during the weekend in preparation for the qualifiers.
“The President of NFF, Mr Pinnick has approved the opening of the Falconets’ camp as from this weekend for their second round fixture against their counterparts from Congo in December,” the NFF said in a release.on Tuesday.
“This is in connection with the African qualifying race for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup slated for Costa Rica.”
The Congolese will host the first leg on 5th December, with the return leg in Lagos on 16th December.
The Falconets proceeded into the penultimate round of the African qualifying series for next year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup with an elegant 11-0 aggregate dismissal of their counterparts from the Central African Republic.
Victors by 7-0 from the first leg played in Douala, the Falconets rather took things easy at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena on Lagos Island, making it 4-0 with Mercy Idoko, two-goal heroine from the first leg, earning another brace.
On their part, Congo dispatches Egypt to reach the stage.
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