In a friendly game on Monday in Bogota, Mexico defeated Nigeria’s under-20 women’s football team, the Falconets, 0-1.
The game was the last in their build-up to the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup, which was hosted in the capital city of Colombia, Club Banco de la República.
Alejandra Lomelí’s shot in the fifteenth minute proved to be the only goal for Mexico.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, as part of their preparations, the silver medalists from 2010 and 2014 defeated Australia 2-1 on Friday.
The Falconets’ head coach, Christopher Danjuma, stated following Monday’s game that it served as their last warm-up before the actual event.
“The friendly matches were crucial for the Falconets as they have helped the team fine-tune their strategies and assess their readiness for the tournament.
“We won five of our six qualifying matches with healthy scorelines and have added victory over the Australians, even though we lost to the Mexico team.
“That the team played two international friendly matches and won one and lost one shows the girls are ready and we will work more on our lapses before the competition,” he said.
That being said, Danjuma conceded that it would not be an easy ride to the FIFA World Cup final.
“ The fact that we are up against the Korea Republic and three-time winners Germany in our first two matches means we need to be at our best physically, mentally, and psychologically.
“Physically and mentally, I believe we are in shape. Psychologically, we are good also.
“The team left Nigeria for Colombia for two weeks so that we can play quality friendly matches in readiness and we have done that,” he said.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Nigeria is in Group D of the competition, which runs from Saturday to September 22, together with Germany, Venezuela, and the Korea Republic.
Nigeria’s campaign will begin on September 2 against the Korea Republic. On September 4 and September 7, respectively, it will face Germany and Venezuela.
Spain is the reigning champion of the competition, having won in Costa Rica in 2022.
(NAN)
