U-17 WWC: We’re battle ready for Flamingos – New Zealand captain Eglinton

New Zealand skipper Alyssha Eglinton says the squad is conflict acceptable for their opening fixture astatine the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup against Nigeria.

The Oceania champions volition face Bankole Olowookere’s broadside connected Wednesday night.

The Flamingos are overwhelming favourites to triumph the contention going by their past grounds successful the competition.

Nigeria finished 3rd astatine the past variation of the contention hosted by India.

Eglinton believed that the Young Ferns person what it takes to bushed the Flamingos.

“I deliberation arsenic a team, we’ve truly travel unneurotic implicit the past 10 days that we’ve been here, and implicit the past year. So I deliberation unneurotic we’re ace acceptable and rather assured successful ourselves and our ability,” Eglinton told FIFA.com