{"id":10760,"date":"2026-11-06T08:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T08:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/2026-u-17-wwc-japan-captain-fired-up-for-historic-clash-against-flamingos\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T08:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T08:01:08","slug":"2026-u-17-wwc-japan-captain-fired-up-for-historic-clash-against-flamingos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/2026-u-17-wwc-japan-captain-fired-up-for-historic-clash-against-flamingos\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 U-17 WWC: Japan Captain Fired Up For Historic Clash Against Flamingos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan captain Honoka Yotsumoto says her team are determined to return home with the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup trophy as they prepare to face Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos in Saturday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n<p> Sadayoshi Shirai\u2019s side are chasing their first-ever title in the competition after an impressive campaign in Morocco, winning all six of their matches so far.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese have demonstrated their quality and resilience throughout the tournament, overcoming challenging encounters against Ghana and North Korea to book their place in the final.<\/p>\n<p>However, they face one final hurdle in the form of Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos, who stand between them and a historic triumph.<\/p>\n<p>Yotsumoto Confident Of Victory Over Flamingos <\/p>\n<p>Yotsumoto believes Japan have every reason to approach the decisive encounter with confidence, insisting the team are eager to make history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve managed to overcome barriers that had held us back for so long, one step at a time \u2013 that has given us a lot of confidence. Now we have just one more match to win, and we\u2019re determined to make history,\u201d she told FIFA.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan captain Honoka Yotsumoto says her team are determined to return home with the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup trophy as they prepare to face Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos in Saturday\u2019s final.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}