Nigeria’s U-17 girls’s nationwide workforce has defeated their counterparts from Burkina Faso to advance to the fourth and ultimate qualifying spherical for the 2024 FIFA U17 Ladies World Cup within the Dominican Republic.
The Flamingos powered to a well-deserved 6-0 win over their fellow West African aspect contained in the MKO Abiola Nationwide Stadium in Abuja to safe a 7-1 combination victory.
Concord Chidi was Nigeria’s excellent performer because the younger ahead netted a superb hat-trick whereas Peace Effiong claimed a brace to encourage the Flamingos to a different large win.
It will be recalled that the 2 groups earlier performed out a 1-1 draw on the Stade 26 Mars in Bamako, Mali, final week.
Nevertheless, the Flamingos have been in no temper for niceties in Abuja for the return leg match on Saturday because the Coach Bankole Olowookere-led aspect took a two-goal lead into the halftime break.
Chidi gave Nigeria the lead within the eleventh minute earlier than Peace Effiong doubled the benefit simply previous the half-hour mark.
Nigeria prolonged the prevalence after the interval with Chidi heading house her second of the match and the Flamingos’ third and Ramota Kareem’s good effort compounded the woes for the guests.
Chidi accomplished her hat-trick 4 minutes from time earlier than Peace Effiong bagged her second of the encounter because the rampant Flamingos made mild work of Burkina Faso.
The Flamingos’ 6-0 win equals Nigeria’s largest win throughout the qualifiers and the nation’s greatest outcome since beating Azerbaijan 11-0 on the FIFA U17 Ladies’s World Cup in 2012.
Nigeria have now superior to the ultimate qualifying spherical of the 2024 Ladies’s World Cup, the place Flamingos will face both Senegal or Liberia.
The Flamingos received a bronze medal on the 2022 version of the U17 Ladies’s World Cup in India after beating Germany within the third-place match.