By Kate Obodo, Tokyo
Chief coach of the U-20  female team Edwin Okon has said that his girls are capable of disarming the  Mexicans in today’s game  and could  also make it all through the competition.

Today’s Game

Tokyo         Nigeria Vs Mexico                     08 a.m.
Tokyo         Japan Vs S/Korea                        11.30 a.m.
Saitama         Korea DPR Vs USA                      11.30 a.m.
Saitama         Germany Vs Norway                    08 a.m.

Okon told a pre-match media conference  on Wednesday,  at the National Stadium in Tokyo that ,” I’m convinced that  my girls would make it in tomorrow’s (today) game, I’m also sure they  are better  and capable of  going  all the way to the final of competition”.

He said that he has worked on the  mistakes  of  the  last game against Italy which Nigeria won 4-0 and now more confident that the girls would make Nigerians proud.

For Francisca Ordega, scorer of a hat-trick against Italy, getting to the quarterfinal was a dream come through. And having this this stage, she promised to score more goals. “When you’re a striker you have days when you feel great and you sense that every ball you touch is going to turn to gold,” she said after yesterday’s training session.  “I’ve been dreaming of this moment. I’ve been working hard for it and the dream has now become a reality.”

The team practiced penalty shoot-outs in case the match will be so decided.