The team left the shores of the country from the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos over the weekend.
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The match, played at the Leon Stadium, late Tuesday night, saw Esther Okoronkwo scoring from a close range in the 42nd minute.
A Ferran Torres brace and a sumptuous strike from Gavi sent them past the 100-goal mark in football’s showpiece event in Doha, Qatar.
The Falconets could not reenact earlier round performances, which saw them winning all three group phase matches, in this their quarter-final match in Alajuela, Costa Rica.
Musa said after the match: “It was great for us to come back from that setback, and also conceding first in the tournament
Coach Chris Danjuma has picked team captain Oluwatosin Demehin and 20 others – an overwhelming majority of whom were involved in the lengthy qualifying series – to wear Nigeria’s colours at the 19-day championship.
Nigeria has never missed a FIFA U20 Women’s Championship since the competition began as an U19 Championship in Canada 20 years ago.
This followed Thursday’s draw that was held at the Teatro Nacional in San José, capital of the central American nation.
Effervescent winger Flourish Sebastine, who plays her club football for Edo Queens, hit a hat-trick in the encounter.
Goals by Mercy Idoko in the 38th minute, Flourish Sebastine (47th minute), Esther Onyenezide (50th minute, from the penalty spot) and Deborah Ajibola (55th minute) condemned Congo, conquerors of Egypt, to countenancing a near-hopeless situation in the return leg.
Paris Saint-Germain have completed the signing of goalkeeper Keylor Navas from Real Madrid on a permanent basis with Alphonse Areola moving in the opposite direction.
This they did by pelting the bus of the team, which included Neymar, with stones
“Oscar’s contract expired after the game against Switzerland and the decision not to renew it was taken by the executive committee,” said Rodolfo Villalobos, according to a FEDEFUTBOL statement.
The Swiss picked up a late 2-1 win against Serbia to put them in pole position for qualification, currently on four points along with Brazil, who have a better goal difference
Tite’s men left it late to beat Costa Rica on Friday, as Philippe Coutinho and Neymar came to the rescue to send Brazil to the top of Group E
Mladen Krstajic’s team entered the match knowing that a victory would see them advance to the round of 16, but Granit Xhaka’s second-half effort cancelled an early header from Aleksandar Mitrovic, before Xherdan Shaqiri won it for Switzerland in the final minute.
The five-time winners seemed poised for another frustrating draw, especially after a penalty awarded to Neymar was overturned by referee Bjorn Kuipers after consulting VAR.
Serbia have never reached the knockout rounds of a World Cup, but they have the chance to do so if they can beat Switzerland at the Kaliningrad Stadium.
The PSG star, who broke a toe four months ago, limped out of training during the week with an ankle injury but is expected to retain his place for Friday’s game in St Petersburg.
The Central American side, now led by coach Oscar Ramirez, reached the quarter-finals in Brazil four years ago, but were undone by some memorable quality from Kolarov, whose set-piece capped off a functional showing from the Orlovi in the city of Samaras.