FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup: Flamingos seeks Bénin’s scalp for spot

Nigeria’s U17 girls, Flamingos will on Saturday welcome their counterparts from neighbouring Bénin Republic for the first leg of the third and final qualifying round of this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals, knowing that only two matches separate them from another appearance on the global stage.
It is a familiar position for one of Africa’s most successful youth sides, yet familiarity does little to lessen the weight of the occasion. Ninety minutes in Ogun State will not decide the tie outright, though it has the potential to shape everything that follows when both teams meet again for the decisive return leg. Nigeria’s progress to this stage has been marked by authority. Across...