Bullish Dedevbo fears no foe

Peter Dedevbo says Nigeria's women U-17 team has nothing to fear ahead of World Cup draws

Posted: 3 July 2012 Time: 01:12 pm

Peter Dedevbo, coach of Nigeria's women Under-17 team, heads to Friday's World Cup draws in Azerbaijan insisting that he is untroubled by his potential opposition.

Dedevbo heads to Azerbaijan on Wednesday with the objective of making the quarterfinals irrespective of who his team are drawn agaunst

“I do not want to bother myself with the teams who will be in our group, I look forward to playing any team but above all I want to improve on our last outing,” he said.

To qualify for the World Cup, the Flamingoes beat Kenya and Zambia, scoring 12 goals and conceding just one.

At New Zealand 2008,Nigeria was eliminated after the group matches. In Trinidad & Tobago two years later, the team were eliminated at the quarter final stage by eventual winners  Korea Republic.

Teams will be drawn into four groups and matches will be played in two cities of Baku and Lankaran from 22 September to 13 October 2012.

Africa will be represented by three West African countries; Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria. 

Article by: Colin Udoh

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