Chinwendu Ihezuo scores hat-trick in Pachuca big win against Mazatlan FC

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Former Monterrey forward, Chinwendu Ihezuo scored three goals during Pachuca’s 7-0 thrashing of Mazatlan FC in a league match on Monday.

Veronica Corral and Alexandra Godinez scored the first two goals of the encounter for the Mexican side at the Estadio Miguel Hidalgo, Pachuca.

Corral scored her second goal of the match to make it 4-0 in the 33rd minute.

One of Nigeria’s representatives at the women’s football tournament of the Paris 2024 Olympics, Ihezuo, scored the fifth goal in the 49th minute.

Kenti Robles added the sixth goal in the 61st minute as Ihezuo completed her hat-trick in the 87th minute of play.

With six goals in the league this season, Ihezuo and her compatriot, Osinachi Ohale, played the full 90 minutes of the match.

With the comprehensive win, Pachuca occupied the top position on the log with 24 points after eight games, three points ahead of UANL Tigres, which had an outstanding match.

Pachuca will visit Juarez in their next league encounter on September 8, 2024.

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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