Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos, have arrived in Pretoria, South Africa, for their 2025 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup second round first leg qualifier against their South African counterparts, Bantwana, scheduled for Saturday, 8th March 2025, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports.
On arrival at the OR Tambo International Airport in the early hours of Thursday, they met with four-time African Player of the Year, top scorer of the Africa Cup of Nations to date and President of Cameroon Football Federation, Samuel Eto’o Fils. He then shook hands with the young ladies and left them with words of encouragement after a group photograph.
The match, for which the Confederation of African Football has selected Kenyan officials to oversee, will kick off at 3pm South Africa time (2pm Nigeria) on Saturday, 8th March at the Lucas Moripe Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa’s administrative capital.
Both teams will battle things out in the return leg at the Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne-Remo, on Saturday, 15th March, with the winner on aggregate progressing to the third round of the qualification campaign.
This year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup will be hosted by Morocco, 17 October to 8 November, with Africa to present 5 teams (including host nation Morocco) at the finals, which has been expanded to a 24-nation championship.
By Oluwadamilola Olaleye