Fourteen goals for and none against is the tally of the Nigerian girls in this campaign, after 8-0 and 6-0 aggregate wins over DR Congo and Egypt respectively.
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After home-and-away victories over the Democratic Republic of Congo and Egypt, the Flamingos have a final hurdle to negotiate against a team that sensationally sent South Africa’s Bantwana packing with a 3-0 win in Johannesburg.
Defender Tumininu Adeshina had flashed a shot into the side-netting in the 13th minute before team’s leading scorer Opeyemi Ajakaiye drew applause with a snap shot after chesting the ball outside the eighteen-yard box. But the ball was slightly off target.
The result in Benin City, the Edo State capital, took the Flamingos to an 8-0 aggregate win over the Central Africans.
The three-time World Cup quarterfinalists started the game like a house on fire, and dominated the hosts to such a degree that it was a surprise the opening goal did not come until the 36th minute.
The Flamingos started a qualifying campaign for the championship two years ago, defeating their Guinean counterparts home and away, before the global coronavirus pandemic compelled world football –governing body, FIFA to jettison the process and forget the 2020 competition altogether.
Both teams ended the first leg, played at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City penultimate weekend, 2-2 and the tie is delicately balanced considering Nigeria’s pedigree in women football in the continent
The Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City was the venue for the U20 girls, Falconets’ easy qualification for the 9th FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup only a week ago, after a 6-0 pounding of South Africa’s Basetsana
The Bantwana had no way whatsoever back into the fixture and must have been grateful for the low scoreline outside Johannesburg as the Flamingos missed a hatful of chances
The Flamingos have now qualified for the final round
“I don’t want to mention any player because they all did well – its team work – they played for themselves to win,” Nikyu said
The Nigeria U17 Women will begin their campaign when they trade tackles with their Chinese counterparts in the second Group D clash at the 16,625 capacity Alejandro Morera Soto Scotiabank Stadium in Alajuela
There are also Joy Bokiri, Aminat Yakubu, Uchenna Kanu, Ugochi Emenayo, Mary Ologbosere, Patience Dike and Tessy Biahwo
The Nigeria U17 women, who had tough game against the Belgian side, failed to get a goal for the first time in their last nine high-profile friendly matches at the Alles Des Sports Stadium
Nkiyu, in an appraisal of the Flamingoes, after two victories in two friendly games in Portugal, said the team is doing everything possible to ensure that no stone is left unturned in preparations for the World Cup
A 33-man delegation of the Nigeria U-17 national team made up 25 players and eight officials departed the country’s capital, Abuja, by 11pm on Friday, for a training tour of Faro, Portugal aboard on a Lufthansa Airline flight
Led by Augustine Asante, the Black Maidens landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport around 9.30am and were immediately driven to the Chida International Hotel
The Nigeria Football Federation and the Ghana Football Association agreed on two legged friendly