WOMEN FOOTBALL: Flamingoes return home after unimpressive World Cup performance
The journey of Nigeria's Flamingoes at the ongoing FIFA U17 Women's World Cup Jordan 2016 was on Saturday cut short by their counterparts from North Korea, who beat them 3-0 at the Amman International Stadium to affirm top spot in Group C and move on to the knockout round. With only one point and a minus one goal difference, Nigeria just needed to defeat North Korea by a two-goal margin to secure a place in the quarter-final. But in spite of a promising start to the game which would ultimately decide their fate, Bala Nikyu's girls rather conceded two more goals than they had in their previous two games. They had lost 1-0 to Brazil in their first game before playing out a goalless draw against England in their second group game. "In football you must have a winner and a loser and, in the spirit of the game, if you lose, you take it," an obviously upset, Coach Bala Nikyu stated at the post match press conference. "Football is like that. In this same World ...