Nigeria, Cameroon and Ivory Coast will represent Africa at the 2015 Fifa Women’s World Cup in Canada
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Oshoala was the 2014 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup golden girl in Canada, winning both the Adidas Golden Ball and Adidas Golden Boot awards at the FIFA World Cup
Nigeria has qualified for the World Cup on seven occasions, while they have missed only two since the tournament’s inception
Goalkeeper, Ibubeleye Whyte, also got the nod of Head Coach, Okon Edwin, to man the goal, while skipper Evelyn Nwabuoku, Josephine Chukwunonye, Osinachi Ohale and Gloria Ofoegbu will take charge in the defence
The Edwin Okon girls opened scoring inside the opening five minutes, courtesy of Ngozi Okobi, after she connected a supply from Desire Oparanozie
Oshoala played out all six games in the tournament and she is closely followed by German duo of Pauline Bremer and Sara Daebrits, who banged in five goals respectively
This clash of styles and football cultures was always expected to produce an open, engaging final, and so it proved
President Jonathan, who is currently on a private visit to Germany, called the Falconets at their base in Montreal at about 3:15pm Nigerian time.
The win sends the Coach Peter Dedevbo’s side into the final in Montreal on Sunday, while Korea DPR will also make the trip west to compete in the play-off for third place
Having won three games in a row, Nigeria will enter the semi-finals full of confidence where they will face the Korea DPR, while New Zealand can head home knowing they have gone further at this U-20 Women’s World Cup than any Kiwi side before them
Courtney Dike scored the fastest goal in Women’s World Cup history after she took advantage of Korea Republic’s lacklustre defending
Nigeria displayed their trademark speed and strength from the outset, and Asisat Oshoala had a glorious chance to break the deadlock when she latched onto a long ball, but her clipped shot over the advancing goalkeeper narrowly cleared the crossbar