{"id":4093,"date":"2026-10-30T10:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T10:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/2026-u-17-wwc-busari-cautions-flamingos-against-complacency-ahead-of-venezuela-clash\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T10:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T10:16:08","slug":"2026-u-17-wwc-busari-cautions-flamingos-against-complacency-ahead-of-venezuela-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/2026-u-17-wwc-busari-cautions-flamingos-against-complacency-ahead-of-venezuela-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 U-17 WWC: Busari Cautions Flamingos Against Complacency Ahead Of Venezuela Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flamingos head coach Akeem Busari has acknowledged the challenge awaiting his team as Nigeria prepare to face Venezuela in the quarter-finals of the ongoing 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides will clash on Sunday at Mohammed VI Football Complex Pitch 4 in Rabat, with a place in the semi-finals at stake.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria secured their quarter-final ticket after edging Mexico 2-1 on Thursday, while Venezuela pulled off a major upset by defeating tournament favourites Germany 1-0.<\/p>\n<h3>Busari Wary Of Venezuela<\/h3>\n<p>Despite Venezuela\u2019s impressive victory, Busari has warned his players against underestimating their opponents, insisting that every team remaining in the competition has the quality to win the title.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-today-was-a-tough-game-but-we-are-no-pushovers-flamingos-coach-reacts-to-win-against-mexico\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: \u2018Today Was A Tough Game, But We Are No Pushovers\u2019 \u2013Flamingos Coach Reacts To Win Against Mexico<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery team in the competition is a contender; everyone could be a champion,\u201d Busari told <a href=\"http:\/\/fifa.com\">FIFA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVenezuela won their game, so they are a good side. But Nigeria are too, so on the day it\u2019ll be decided over 90 minutes, and we\u2019ll all give our best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The crucial encounter is scheduled to kick off at 5:00 pm Nigerian time on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Adeboye Amosu<br \/><\/strong><strong\/><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flamingos head coach Akeem Busari has acknowledged the challenge awaiting his team as Nigeria prepare to face Venezuela in the quarter-finals of the ongoing 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4093","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\/4093","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=4093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}