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Flamingos head coach Bankole Olowookere has heaped plaudits on his players despite their elimination at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
In a rematch of their epic quarter-final from India 2022, USA avenged their penalty shootout defeat against Nigeria with a 2-0 victory in their quarter-final at CFC Stadium in Santiago de los Caballeros on Saturday night.
USA made it to the semi-finals for the first time since the inaugural edition in 2008.
Kennedy Fuller and Kimmi Ascanio were on target for the Americans in the keenly contested encounter.
Olowookere praised his players for their spirited performance.
“I’m so proud of the girls, they’ve given it their best, come all this way and they are kids who are developing. They’ve given their best but maybe their best was not good enough,” he was quoted by FIFA.com.
“To my fellow Nigerians, we can go beyond this level and we will try and be better next time.”
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