Reactions have trailed the images of Nigeria’s U-20 female football team, the Falconets who were stranded Turkey as they slept on the bare floor at the Istanbul Airport.
The Falconets were returning to the country after their exit from the FIFA U20 World Cup in Costa Rica when the incident happened.
Reports say the girls departed their hotel in Costa Rica at 6.30am local time on Monday, and were billed to travel via Colombia to Istanbul for the flight to Abuja.
Unfortunately, Turkish Air delayed their flight from Colombia to Turkey for 2 hours 30 minutes which resulted in the young ladies missing their connecting flight to Turkey.
As a result, they also missed the Turkey connecting flight to Abuja.
According to Daily Trust, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) officials led by Ruth David pleaded with the airport authorities to allow the team get a hotel accommodation but they insisted that since the team doesn’t have transit visas, the players would not be allowed to step out of the airport.
Falconets won all the three group C matches to earn maximum 9 points but their superb performance was put to a halt at the quarter final when Netherlands beat them 2-0.
Reactions:
Roland Numofagha: “Our darling Falconets have been traveling from Costa Rica since 6:30am on Monday. They’re now in Istanbul, Turkey on a 24-hour layover and sleeping on the airport chairs and floor, or whatever they can find. They deserve Better then this.”
King Azuka: “HOW TO SERVE OUR FADALAND: SUPER FALCONETS SLEEP AT TURKISH AIRPORT.Nigeria’s Super Falconets have been pictured sleeping on chairs and the floors of the airport in Istanbul,on their way back home.The team was knocked out of the quarter finals of the 2022 U20 Women’s World Cup’
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