Nigeria’s Flamingoes and their Tanzanian counterparts are poised for an all-African U17 World Cup showdown in India should both countries win their quarterfinals tomorrow.
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The Flamingoes will battle USA in one of the quarterfinals, while surprise team of this World Cup Tanzania square up against Colombia in another last-eight match-up.
The other quarterfinals are European champions Germany up against Brazil and Japan take on Spain.
Tanzania caused a major shock on their World Cup debut when they defeated France before they went on to qualify from a group that also has Canada and Japan.
This is the first time the East African nation has qualified for a FIFA tournament whether male or female.
Their quarterfinal opponents are Colombia, who finished runners-up in the South American zone to Brazil.
Flamingoes, on the other hand, will play their fourth U17 World Cup quarterfinal in Mumbai tomorrow.
They bounced back from an opening day defeat at the hands of Germany to beat both New Zealand and Chile to finish second in Group B.
However, they will need to improve on their finishing if they are to go past a USA team, who parade the exciting Onyeka Gamero, whose father is Nigerian.
Onyeka was one of seven starters USA rested for a final group game against Morocco that they won 4-0.
