Najeriya ta tsallake zuwa zagaye na shida a gasar Kofin Duniya ta FIFA U-17 na mata, inda ta hadu da Amurka a wasan quarter finals a ranar 26 ga Oktoba, 2024. Wasan zai gudana a CFC Stadium, Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, a daidai 15:30 (lokaci na gida).
Kungiyar Najeriya, wacce aka sani da Flamingos, ta nuna karfin gwiwa a zagayen farko, inda ta lashe wasanni uku kuma ta ci tara kwallaye, tana samun kwallo daya kacal. Wannan ita ce karo na uku a cikin bayyanuwa shida da suka yi a gasar, suna samun nasara a wasanni uku na zagayen farko, bayan sun yi haka a shekarun 2010 da 2014.
Koci Bankole Olowookere ya bayyana cewa kungiyarsa tana shirin yin ‘mamaki’ ga Amurka, bayan sun yi nasara a kan su a zagayen quarter finals a shekarar 2022 a Indiya. A wancan wasan, Najeriya ta ci nasara a bugun fenariti bayan wasan ya kare da ci 1-1.
Amurka, wacce ta ci tara kwallaye a wasanni uku, tana da Melanie Barcenas, wacce ta ci kwallaye uku a gasar, a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan ‘yan wasanta. Shakirat Moshood daga Najeriya ita ce wacce ta ci kwallaye a gasar, tana da kwallaye hudu.
Olowookere ya ce kungiyarsa za yi shirin yin ‘mamaki’ ga Amurka, inda za yi kokarin kiyaye wasan a rabin filin Amurka. “Mafi kyawun hanyar karewa ita ce kai hari,” in ji Olowookere. “Za mu yi kokarin kiyaye abokan hamayya a rabin filin su. Falsafarmu ita ce kai hari fiye da abokan hamayya a kowace matakai, har ma da yin kokarin hana su ci kwallaye”.
