Victory today against debutants Samoa will lift the Flamingos to the knockout rounds of this year’s U17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco.
The Nigerian girls have lost their first two group games – 4-1 vs Canada and 1-0 vs France.
However, going by the last round of matches in Groups A, B and C Friday, victory by whatever margin could get the Flamingos into the Round of 16.
The current standings of the third-best teams showed that Morocco with three points and a -3 goals difference have already advanced to the knockout rounds.
Netherlands (3 points, -5 goals difference), Ecuador (3 points, -5 goals difference) and Cote d’Ivoire (1 point, -3 goals difference) are the other teams in the qualifying bracket.
Nigeria go into today’s clash against Samoa with 0 points and a -4 goals difference.
They will take on Samoa, who have so far let in 10 goals on their World Cup debut.
Kick-off time is 5pm.
