Flamingos Get N3M Cheque at the Airport on Return From India After U-17 World Cup

Flamingos Get N3M Cheque at the Airport on Return From India After U-17 World Cup

Ibitoye Shittu
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:15 PM
  • Players of the Flamingos have been presented with their N3M cheque after their return from India
  • Coach Bankole and his wards returned to Nigeria with bronze after beating Germany in the third place tie
  • The N3M cheque they got is the promise Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, made to them after beating Germany

Players of Nigeria's Flamingos on Tuesday evening, 1 November, returned to Nigeria from India where they won bronze at the 2022 Women's Under-17 FIFA World Cup.

Upon their return at the airport, the Nigerian girls were presented a cheque of N3M which was the promise Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa made to them.

Musa was impressed with the Flamingos' performances at the World Cup most especially their third place match against Germany in which they won 3-2 on penalties.

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Flamingos run to celebrate after beating Germany in India. Photo by Masashi Hara
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The Nigerian girls were leading 3-0 before the 72nd minute, and they looked promising to win the match before Germany came back from behind to draw and forced the tie into penalties.

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Germany players join Flamingos to dance

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Nigeria's U17 women's football team, the Flamingos defeated Germany to win bronze at the FIFA U17 Women's World Cup in India.

Shortly after the victory, the team celebrated in a lobby of their hotel as they danced to the rave-of-the-moment song Cough by Kizz Daniel.

The Nigerian singer continues his music campaign with this super exciting harmony, which is sure to serenade minds and ears.

Kizz Daniel has been making a lot of effort and trying his best, so that his audience never runs out of good melodies to listen to.

His enticing track Buga (Lo Lo Lo), featuring Cartel boss Tekno, captured the minds of many music listeners both young and old.

And now the iconic dance from Cough was recreated in India by the history-making Flamingos, right after their win over Germany in third place play-off of the FIFA U17 Women's World Cup.

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