Falconets star Chinwendu Ihezuo has revealed that she started playing football in Ajegunle, a Lagos suburb that produced the likes of Taribo West, Samson Siasia, Emmanuel Amunike, Odion Ighalo and Brown Ideye.<br /><br />The <span>BIIK Kazygurt attacker says playing with boys in the neighborhood improved her as a player and made her more fit. <br /><br />&nbsp;&ldquo;I began playing the game as a young girl, and soon realised that I had a talent for it,&rdquo; Ihezuo explained to fifa.com.<br /><br />&ldquo;I always played with the boys, which made me even stronger. That gave me several advantages when facing girls my own age.&rdquo;<br /><br />Quizzed about the chances of Nigeria reaching the final after a shaky start against Japan, she said : </span><span>&ldquo;The title is all that matters to us, and we&rsquo;ve got our sights set on it again.&rdquo;&nbsp;</span><br /><br />Ihezuo holds the record for most goals scored in a single U-17 Women&rsquo;s World Cup game after finding the target five times in an 11-0 victory over Azerbaijan in 2012.<br /><br />Igho Kingsley <br /><br />Photo Credit : fifa.com<br />