U17FIFAWWC: Ajakaye wins Player of the Match award

FIFA has picked Flamingoes prime striker, Opeyemi Ajakaye, because the standout Participant of the Match towards New Zealand on the U-17 World Cup in India.

The FC Robo star didn’t rating within the 4-0 trouncing of New Zealand on Friday however she stood out along with her tireless runs, take-ons and link-up performs.

She was the heartbeat of the Nigerian assault and an ever current hazard to the opposing defence.

Ajakaye would have scored targets at the moment had her ending been extra scientific.

The Flamingos bounced again from their 2-1 defeat to Germany by bashing New Zealand 4-0 of their second Group B match on the ongoing U-17 Ladies’s World Cup in India.

Two targets in both half sealed the win, which boosted their possibilities of advancing to the knockout stage of the competitors.

Striker Omowunmi Bello scored first within the sixteenth minute, changing a cross from Tumininu Adeshina.

Flamingos obtained their second objective within the thirty fourth minute as Miracle Usani, who scored the opener towards Germany on Tuesday, doubled the lead.

Midfielder Taiwo Afolabi made it 3-0 within the seventy fifth minute, after a VAR evaluation, earlier than substitute Etim Edidiong sealed the emphatic victory with a stupendous strike 5 minutes into added time.

The win comes as a giant increase for the Flamingos as coach Bankole Olowookere’s aspect now want only a draw towards Chile to advance to the quarter-finals on Monday, after Germany drubbed the Chileans 6-0 within the different Group B sport.

The Germans are first with most six factors, whereas the Flamingos and Chile have three factors every however the Nigerians have a superior +3 targets distinction towards the South Individuals’