Flamingoes train under floodlights for France

Flamingoes coach, Peter Dedevbo

National female U17 team, Flamingoes trained under floodlights on Tuesday in Azerbaijan as Coach Peter Dedevbo intensified the team’s training ahead of the crucial quarterfinal tie against its French counterpart at the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup.  

Dedevbo, we gathered decided to prepare the team for a battle late into the night on Thursday by resorting to training the girls under the floodlights. The team’s training session was naturally held between 4 and 6pm Azerbaijani time, but the coach opted for a 6 to 8pm session that would involve the girls training under floodlights.

The match itself would be kicked off at 4pm Nigerian time; that is 7pm Azerbaijani time. The team also took time on Tuesday to watch the tapes of the match between them and the Colombians last Saturday as Coach Dedevbo tries to sharpen the team’s attack for the French.

Dedevbo said confidently that by the time he is true with the squad, it would be able to successfully convert four out of every five chances it gets against the French team on Thursday. Meanwhile, the Nigerian girls may have to face their Ghanaian counterparts in the semifinals of the championship should they triumph over France and Ghana does the same over its opponents on Thursday, Japan.

This would imply that only one African representative will make it to the final. The Ghanaians are making this far in the championship for the first time.