By Chidera Akalonu
Tanzania Women Premier League chairperson Amina Karuma is confident the country’s U20 women side will put up a ‘tough and different’ challenge against Nigeria on Sunday.
Sebastian Nkoma’s ladies will host the Falconets in the return leg in Dar es Salaam after succumbing to a 3-0 defeat in the first leg of the World Cup qualifier in Benin two weeks ago.
And the women’s league boss insists her side have learnt many lessons from the first leg and are looking to right their wrongs.
“We’ve got an experience playing Nigeria and I believe it will help us get a better performance in our next game in Dar es Salaam,” Karuma told Goal.
“We are not troubled by the result in Benin but we Nigeria should expect a tough and different match in Tanzania in the second leg.”
Nigeria’s Falconets on Saturday, went rampant as they blew away Tanzania with three unanswered goals in a first round first leg tie of the 2018 Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers in Benin City.
A fortnight ago the Nigerian girls showed no mercy to their Tanzanian counterparts at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City.
Falconets made easy work of their visitors with three goals in front of the cheering fans. Bayelsa Queens utility player Lilian Tule had put the two-time World Cup finalists on the ascendancy in the 22nd minute while Rasheedat Ajibade scored a brace as she was on song in the 52nd and 57th minutes respectively.