U17WWC: Flamingos Moves Into Knockout Stage

The Nigeria U17 Ladies NT, the Flamingos, eased previous Chile 2-1 in Bhubaneswar to arrange a gathering towards the winners of group A; the USA.

A Fourth minute objective from Blessing Emmanuel off an help from second time man of the match, Opeyemi Ajakaye, made certain the Nigerian ladies go into the break with a lead,.

They may have scored extra because the workforce created greater than a dozen goalscoring possibilities, however they had been wasteful.

Nigeria additionally had a penalty attraction waved off, after Opeyemi Ajakaye’s shot ricocheted off the physique of a Chilean defender and on to her arm.

The referee briefly listened for directions from VAR room, however waved play on.

The Flamingos continued to pepper the Chilean defence with many extra possibilities, which included Ajakaiye hitting the crossbar from 20-yards out.

Lastly, the second objective arrived after Etim headed a nook on to the trail of Bisola Mosaku who pounced on the ball and hammered residence from shut vary within the 82nd minute.

The Chileans nevertheless pulled one objective again from the penalty field after a prolonged VAR examine from the referee.

A shot ricocheted off the knee of Etim, on to her hand, an identical scenario to what the referee waved away towards the Chileans within the first half.

The resultant penalty was slotted residence by Tali within the ninetieth minute.

The Flamingos will play USA, who received their last group sport towards Morocco 4-0.

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