The acting general secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme, has come out with a heartwarming prophecy that players of the cadet female national team, the Flamingos, will continue to improve and get better.
Sports247 reports that Ikpeme’s prediction came in the wake of the Flamingos’ 2-1 victory over Japan on Saturday in Rabat, Morocco, which saw them become the first African team to win a global women’s football championship.
Ikpeme took another look at the Flamingos’ recovery from a shock opening 2-1 loss to Poland at this year’s FIFA Women’s U17 World Cup and surge all the way to the trophy with their spanking of Japan on Saturday.
While commending the players, coaches and backroom staff for their untiring efforts during the competition, Ikpeme added that everyone at the NFF acknowledged the squad’s hard work, discipline, passion and dedication.
Ikpeme noted further that Nigeria is now the first African country to win male and female titles of the FIFA U17 World Cup, which he assured the players will earn due recognition from the federal government in the coming days.
“There is no way the history of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup will be written without your names. The Federal Government is happy, and the generality of Nigerians are happy about this accomplishment,” Ikpeme affirmed.
He then went spiritual and philosophical, with a splash of profound supplications for the players, saying: “Our prayer is that, as a collective and as individuals, you will continue to improve, get even better and take your game to the next level.
“As you have decided to take football as a career, your career will not end abruptly … it will keep progressing. As a federation, we want to see that you progress from the U17 level to the U20 and then the Super Falcons.”
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