Chinwendu Ihezuo off the mark with a debut goal for Pachuca

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Nigeria forward, Chinwendu Ihezuo opened her goal account for Pachuca as she scored in her new club’s 5-0 triumph over Mazatlan FC in the Mexican Liga MX women encounter on Saturday.

The Nigeria international had recently joined Pachuca from Mexican rivals, Monterrey and wasted no time in hittign the ground running with her new club.

Veronica Corral scored the opening goal of the encounter in the 36th minute.

Ihezuo doubled the lead for the visitors in the 45th minute giving her side a comfortable half-time lead.

Ana Beccerra’s own goal in the 70th minute increased the lead to three.

Two more goals from Daniela Flores and Coral’s second goal of the game sealed a 5-0 win.

Ihezuo saw the 78th minute of action before she was replaced by Alice Soto.

Her new team currently tops the log with three points after the first game of the league campaign.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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