FIFA President Sepp Blatter yesterday paid glowing tributes to Nigeria’s women football. He said the world’s most populous black nation has continued to play a leading role in the promotion of the game in the universe.
“The Falconets finished second at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany, and now have opportunity to take the bronze after losing in the semi final against the USA. They will be very strong against the host nation (Japanese) for the bronze medal match and anything can happen,” said Blatter.
The world football supremo was speaking at a FIFA banquet for the teams remaining in the tournament, which took place at the magnificent Conrad Tokyo last night.
Blatter reinforced his conviction that the future of football is feminine, saying that some of the things that happen in women’s football would never find place in the men’s game. “I remember very well that when at the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Germany, the final was between USA and Japan and Japan was triumphant.
At the 2012 Olympic Games Women’s Football Tournament in London few weeks ago, the final was also between USA and Japan, but this time, USA was triumphant. Yet, in all my years in football, I have never seen a losing team in the final so happy. They lost but they were happy, because they knew they already put their best efforts and these were not enough. I wish this can also happen in the women’s game.
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