FALCONETS’ striker Asisat Oshoala has expressed surprise at
the high number of goals she scored in the semi-final of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World
Cup against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
The Nigerian scored four out of her side’s six against the
Asians in Moncton to set up a final match against Germany in Montreal, Canada. Speaking
after the match, Oshoala said: “I never expected to score this much, the
chances came and I just utilized them.”
Oshoala, who plays for Rivers Angels in the Nigerian
Professional Women League, however, was able to pin-point the secret of the
Falconets’ potency against the highly rated Korean side. “We had a good
fighting spirit because we had told ourselves that nobody was going to take our
glory from us,” she stated.
And Oshoala is so confident that the fact that their
determination saw them through to the final already means that the Nigerian
team will be triumphant this time around.
“We made that promise, so winning the semi final means
victory in the final,” she said.
The Nigerian U-20 girls face Germany in the final on Sunday
and it offers the Africans the opportunity to avenge the 0-2 defeat at the
hands of the Germans in the final of the 2010 edition hosted by the Europeans.
Oshoala, following her stellar performance in the match that
ended 6-2, emerged the Most Valuable Player, which is her third at the Canada
2014 tournament.
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