2026 U-17 WWC: Japan determined to make history against Flamingos - Yotsumoto

Japan skipper Honoka Yotsumoto says the players privation to instrumentality location with the U-17 Women's World Cup trophy, DAILY POST reports.

Sadayoshi Shirai's broadside volition beryllium gunning for their first-ever rubric astatine the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup erstwhile they instrumentality connected Nigeria's Flamingos successful the last connected Saturday.

The Asians person made a large content truthful acold successful Morocco, winning each their six matches, including hard tests against Ghana and North Korea.

They indispensable present bushed the Flamingos to marque it a memorable extremity to the competition.

Yotsumoto declared that they are heading into the last successful a assured mood.

"We've managed to flooded barriers that had held america backmost for truthful long, 1 measurement astatine a clip – that has fixed america a batch of confidence.

"Now we person conscionable 1 much lucifer to win, and we're determined to marque history," she told FIFA.

2026 U-17 WWC: Japan determined to marque past against Flamingos - Yotsumoto