Hijikata warns Falconets: ‘I’m not completely satisfied; I want to score more and more’

Voted player-of-the-match in Japan’s 2-0 defeat of Austria early on Monday morning, Maya Hijikata has warned Nigeria’s Falconets she is not done scoring yet after netting the two goals against the history-making Austrian U20 team.

Hijikata has now scored four goals in three games in the tournament, just one behind top scorer in the group phase, Brazil’s Nathália Vendito.

The 20-year-old has now warned the Falconets of Nigeria, their round of 16 opponent at the Estadio El Techo in Bogotá on Friday there are still more goals to come from her.

‘I’m not completely satisfied; I want to score more and more. I would have liked to score three goals if I had played the full match. I think I can be confident after having scored four goals [at the tournament] but there should be more to come,’ she said after the game against Austria in Bogota.

Japan made it all the way to the final two years ago in Costa Rica, losing 3-1 to Spain in the final played at the Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José.

The Asian giants are no strangers to the Falconets and defeated the Nigerians 6-0 the last time they met in the tournament in a group B game in Papua New Guinea where the competition was held.