Tanzania women’s U-17 side, Serengeti Girls, is camping in Southampton, England, and kick off their preparations in Europe today ahead of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India.Serengeti Girls will represent Africa at the global event for the U17s set for October 11 to October 30 alongside Morocco and Nigeria after successively edging out Cameroon in the last hurdle.Experienced Bakari Shime is in charge of the Tanzanian side and opines the camp in Southampton will help the team focus on preparing for the World Cup as there is limited disturbance.@Tanfootball have their Women’s (Girls) U17 side in Southampton preparing for the U17 World Cup set for next month.Their boys’ U17 side is in Ethiopia for AFCON U17 qualifiers (CECAFA region)Their Men’s U23 side is through to the second round of AFCON U23 qualifiers.— Murimi Njiru (@muriminjirujnr) September 27, 2022 The U17 Wolrd Cup debutants will have their eyes fixed on a brilliant display with their focus being progressing from the group stages despite their inexperience at that level, according to Shime.##NAJAVA_MECA_6677763##“We also hope to have some friendly matches. We shall be playing at this big stage for the first time and we know the teams we shall face are experienced. But we are preparing well and hope to give a good account at the big stage,” Shime said as quoted on CAFOnline.Timu ya Taifa ya Wasichana U17 Serengeti Girls imewasili Southampton, England kwa Kambi ya kujiandaa na fainali za Kombe la Dunia mwezi Oktoba, Bongo Zozo ni mmoja wa Watanzania waliojitokeza kuipokea timu hiyo uwanja wa Ndege. @serengetigirls pic.twitter.com/jAktduA9pT— TFF TANZANIA (@Tanfootball) September 27, 2022 Wilfred Kidao, the General Secretary of the Tanzania Football Associations (TFF) also made it clear that they are excited to see the team qualify for the World Cup, also confirming that they hope to play international friendlies with teams from Europe and Asia.“We started with these girls four years ago and we are happy to see them develop through the ranks,” Kidao said.
