For friendly game on Monday for Bogota, Mexico beat Nigeria’s under-20 women’s football team, di Falconets, 1-0. Di game na di last one for their build-up to di FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup, wey dem host for Colombia capital, Club Banco de la República.

Alejandra Lomelí score di only goal for Mexico for di fifteenth minute. According to News Agency of Nigeria, di silver medalists from 2010 and 2014 beat Australia 2-1 on Friday as part of their preparations.

Di Falconets’ head coach, Christopher Danjuma, talk after Monday’s game say e serve as their last warm-up before di main event. E say, “Di friendly matches dey crucial for di Falconets as dem help di team fine-tune their strategies and assess their readiness for di tournament.

“We win five out of our six qualifying matches with healthy scorelines and add victory over di Australians, even though we lose to di Mexico team. Di fact say di team play two international friendly matches, win one and lose one show say di girls dey ready and we go work more on our lapses before di competition,” e talk.

Danjuma concede say e no go easy to reach di FIFA World Cup final. “Di fact say we go face Korea Republic and three-time winners Germany for our first two matches mean say we need to dey at our best physically, mentally, and psychologically. Physically and mentally, I believe we dey in shape. Psychologically, we dey good also.

“Di team leave Nigeria for Colombia for two weeks so we fit play quality friendly matches for readiness and we don do that,” e talk.

According to News Agency of Nigeria, Nigeria dey Group D of di competition, wey go run from Saturday to September 22, together with Germany, Venezuela, and Korea Republic. Nigeria’s campaign go begin on September 2 against Korea Republic. On September 4 and September 7, dem go face Germany and Venezuela respectively. Spain na di reigning champion of di competition, wey dem win for Costa Rica in 2022. (NAN)