Fenerbahce flog Nigeria’s Flamingoes in last World Cup test match

The nationwide cadet group was on the receiving finish of a bruising of their final preparatory match earlier than the Mundial

Fenerbahce Girls defeated Nigeria’s U-17 girls’s group, the Flamingoes, 3-1 of their final pleasant sport earlier than the beginning of the 2022 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.

The Flamingoes had been the higher facet once they humbled Galatasaray Girls 3-1 in Kocaeli three days in the past in one other check match.

However Fenerbahce avenged the defeat of their compatriots on Tuesday, dispatching the coach Bankole Olowookere-tutored youngsters by the identical scoreline.

Parading Nigerian star Patricia George of their lineup, Fener led two-nil by the eightieth minute courtesy of a Busan Seker brace.

Flamingoes ahead Etim Edidiong pulled one again for group Nigeria in stoppage time. However Nina Kpaho snuffed out any hope of a comeback with Fenerbahce’s third of the night within the 93rd minute.

The Nigeria cadet group will now flip their focus fully on the FIFA U-17 World Cup match, which is billed to start out on eleventh October.

The Flamingoes are bundled along with Germany, Chile, and New Zealand in Group B.

Bankole Olowookere’s women will face European powerhouse Germany of their opening match on the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 11.

Three days later, they face New Zealand on the identical venue earlier than taking up Chile of their final group sport on October 17.

The Flamingoes have appeared in 5 of the earlier six editions of the World Cup, with the group’s greatest consequence being quarterfinal outings in 2010, 2012, and 2014.