Even as the first leg match of the African qualifiers for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup between Nigeria and Burkina Faso has not been played, the Head coach of the national U-20 women’s football team, the Falconets, Moses Aduku has expressed his desire to lift the trophy in Costa Rica.
The world football governing body a few days ago announced the postponement of the competition which was earlier slated for Costa Rica and Panama later this year to 2021.
Nigeria’s Falconets were about to play Burkina Faso in the first leg of the first round of African qualifiers in Ouagadougou in March 2020, but the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus pandemic stopped the tie just as World and Continental football activities are still suspended.
Albeit, Coach Aduku, is dreaming of winning the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup trophy with the Falconets in Costa Rica.
Said h: “My dream is to be the best coach of the next FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup final. I want to be the best coach and I want to lead the Falconets to do what they have not been able to do. I want to win the World Cup this time with the team. This is what I want to achieve.”
“I have introduced my own philosophy of football to the Falconets. Any player who has been opportune to work with me know what I stand for and that is hard work, hard work and hard work. It means that you have to be ready to go the extra mile to achieve the desired results,” Aduku added.
The grassroots coach argued that the above work ethics was responsible for his achievements so far in women’s football especially his winning of the Nigerian Women Premier League (NWPL).
The Falconets have qualified for every edition of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup and have been runners-up twice, losing to Germany on both occasions in 2010 and 2014.
