Nigeria’s U-17 ladies’ nationwide soccer staff, the Flamingos, who defeated New Zealand 4-1 of their opening recreation of the Dominican Republic 2024 U-17 Girls’s World Cup on Wednesday night time, say they’re prepared for a harder problem from Ecuador once they meet of their second recreation of the competitors tomorrow.
Nigeria will tackle the South People, who defeated the hosts Dominican Republic 2-0 of their opening recreation, tomorrow on the CFC Stadium, Santiago De Los Caballeros. The Flamingos acquired off to a brilliant begin within the competitors with Shakirat Moshood scoring one of many competitors’s quickest objectives because it was launched 16 years in the past, when she rounded New Zealand’s defence to attain the primary aim after solely 80 seconds on the CFC Stadium. Nigeria went two objectives up when defender Taiwo Adegoke’s shot from nicely exterior the field was misjudged by the goalkeeper who palmed the ball over the road earlier than scrambling in useless to push it out. A examine with the Video Assistant Referee confirmed that the ball had, certainly, crossed the road. Firing from all cylinders, Nigeria once more rattled the opposing goalkeeper within the seventeenth minute, with a pointy shot from Moshood that was punched over the bar. 4 minutes later, Peace Effiong, all around the pitch, heaved the ball too excessive from six yards. Within the twenty sixth minute, Concord Chidi rounded the goalkeeper who made an amazing block on the second try. Captain Taiwo Afolabi stung the goalkeeper’s palms from shut vary within the twenty eighth minute, and from the resultant nook kick, Abdulwahab simply lifted the ball over the goalie from 16 yards for Nigeria’s third aim. Within the second half, the Flamingos continued their raid on the opposition aim, and eight minutes into the restart, it was 4-0 after Afolabi’s looping header from Adegoke’s cross from the fitting sailed over the goalkeeper into the online. On the hour, Saxon scored a aim proper from the coaching floor, amassing the ball from a nook kick and doing a wise flip to shoot previous goalkeeper Christiana Uzoma, thus pulling one again for the New Zealanders. Trying ahead to a harder recreation towards Ecuador, which, if they may, will take them to the second spherical of the competitors, Flamingos coach, Bankole Olowookere, stated that his ladies are able to go one higher than the third place Nigeria completed on the final version of the competitors.
He stated that profitable the primary recreation has given his staff the filip to tackle each opposition with out concern, including that they respect all of the groups within the competitors.
“It’s first recreation for us. We’re taking them as they arrive, so recreation for us, scoring 4 objectives and solely conceding one, so not dangerous for our first recreation.”
The sport towards Ecuador will maintain by 9.00 p.m. Dominican Republic time tomorrow, which is 2.00 a.m.Sunday in Nigeria.
