Nigeria’s Falconets have reached the final 16 of the FIFA U20 Ladies’s World Cup after defeating Venezuela 4-0 of their last group on the Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero, Colombia on Saturday night time.
Amina Bello, Chiamaka Okwuchukwu, and Flourish Sebastine all scored within the first half to place Christopher Danjuma’s aspect in agency management earlier than Pleasure Igbokwe added extra gloss in stoppage time.
The victory is the Falconets’ second from three Group D matches, with Nigeria amassing six factors, the identical as Germany.
Within the thrilling encounter, Okwuchukwu arrange Bello to fit within the opener on 16 minutes earlier than she scored the second with a header on 28 minutes. Sebastine was available to faucet in deep into the added time of the primary half for the third purpose.
The Falconets then netted the fourth in added time after 90 minutes; Igbokwe, on in its place, scored a screamer from distance with the final kick of the sport.
Regardless of ending on the identical variety of factors as group winners, Germany (six apiece), the Falconets had been dwarfed by inferior head-to-head and targets distinction to the Europeans.
Nigeria is about to face the top-ranked nation in Group E, a slot to be taken by both Japan or Austria.
The tie will happen on September 13.
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