Falconets coach Christopher Danjuma says that an early exit from the 2018 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France would have impeded the evolution of his team.
The Falconets needed an own goal in additional time to earn a 1-1 draw against Chin and sealed a quarter-final berth in the competition after Zhang Linyan scored four minutes from half time to give the Asians the lead.
“It was a hard, hard-fought game and we know it is not good for the evolution and development of football to just go out in the group stage, so that is why we kept going and kept going and kept going,” Danjuma,who is also the current head coach of Nasarawa Amazons told FIFA.com.
“We didn’t come to sit back and look for a draw, but the goal came just in the nick of time.”