Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national team goalkeeper, Elizabeth Boniface, shares her excitement and confidence as the Flamingos jet out to Morocco for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
Boniface, who played a key role in the team’s qualification campaign, said she feels honored to be part of the squad and believes Nigeria can surpass their previous best performance, a quarterfinal finish.
“I’m happy to be among the Flamingos and I’m really grateful for the opportunity.”
“By the special grace of God, I know my teammates and I have worked hard, we have trained hard for this competition, and by the help of God, I know we can do better in this competition and go far,” she said.
“Last set, we stopped at the quarter-final but this set, we want to go more than there. I want to go to Morocco and get the Golden Glove back to Nigeria,” Boniface added with confidence.
Flamingos Set for Final Preparations in Rabat
The Bankole Olowookere-led team departed Nigeria on Wednesday morning for Rabat, where they will finalise preparations ahead of the World Cup.
Nigeria have been drawn in Group D alongside;
Flamingos Target – ‘Win the Trophy’
Speaking ahead of the tournament, Flamingos defender, Oduntan Azeezat reiterated the team’s ambition to go all the way and bring the trophy home.
“Our target remains to win the tournament in Morocco,” Azeezat declared.
Nigeria will open their campaign against Canada on Sunday, October 19, before facing France and Samoa in subsequent fixtures.
The Flamingos will aim to improve on their result in competition’s last edition in 2022 (a quarterfinal finish in India), as they begin another bid for glory at youth level.
