Brazil U-17 women\u2019s head coach, Rilany Silva, has admitted that her side faces a difficult challenge against Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos in the semi-finals of the ongoing 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n
The South Americans are scheduled to face Nigeria on Wednesday night as both teams battle for a place in the final.<\/p>\n
The Flamingos began their campaign with a 2-1 defeat to Poland but have bounced back impressively, recording victories over Puerto Rico, DPR Korea, Mexico and Venezuela to book their place in the last four.<\/p>\n
Read Also:2026 FIFA U-17 WWC: CAF Salutes Flamingos On Semifinal Qualification<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Brazil, meanwhile, remain unbeaten in the competition, having demonstrated their attacking quality throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n However, despite her team\u2019s impressive run, Silva believes Nigeria will pose a serious threat, particularly because of their physical strength and stamina.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m expecting an extremely difficult match. Nigeria are a very physical team. By the 90th minute, they\u2019ll probably still be running as if it were the fifth. We\u2019ll need to be very strategic with our game plan to find ways to hurt Nigeria,\u201d Silva told FIFA<\/a>.<\/p>\n The semi-final encounter will take place at Mohammed VI Football Complex, Pitch 3, in Rabat, with kick-off scheduled for 7:00 pm Nigerian time.<\/p>\n By Adeboye Amosu <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Source: <\/p>\n Brazil U-17 women\u2019s head coach, Rilany Silva, has admitted that her side faces a difficult challenge against Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos in the semi-finals of the ongoing 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7554","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=7554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Silva Expects Tough Flamingos Test<\/h3>\n