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Fitness
By Ijeoma Okigbo
Abuja, Oct. 4, 2016 (NAN) Peter Dedevbo, the Coach of Nigeria’s U-20 female football team has praised the fitness level of the players invited to camp ahead of the U-20 World Cup in Papua New Guinea.
Dedevbo praised their fitness level in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja after the team’s morning training session.
The coach also said that a few of the invited foreign-based players had yet to arrive the camp since it opened on Sept. 27, 2016.
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“I invited each player based on whether or not the player plays every week in her club.
“If you do not play every week, I don’t invite you because in the World Cup it’s about playing and not sitting on the bench.
“The fitness level of the players is good because they are just coming from their clubs where they have played their league and FA Cup matches.’’
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Dedevbo, who won a silver medal with the team at the 2014 edition of the tournament, said Nigeria would not underrate the other teams in its group.
He said the qualifying rounds of the tournament had made every team a potentially good side.
Nigeria, which is drawn in Group B against Spain, Canada and Japan, lost by a lone goal to Germany in the final match of the 2014 edition in Canada.
The championship is scheduled to hold from Nov. 13 to Dec. 3, 2016. (NAN)
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