Afrigather Nigeria’s Falconets maintained their excellent successful run after claiming a effective 3-0 victory over Burkina Faso of their final Group B match on the 2023 WAFU B U20 Ladies Cup of Nations on the Paa Joe Stadium, Kumasi, on Sunday, Soccernet.ng experiences.
Two objectives in both half from Esther Ajakaye and a 3rd from Flourish Sabastine have been all Nigeria wanted to maintain up their hundred per cent win report and finish that of Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso made a wonderful begin to the event, beating Togo and Niger to qualify for the semifinals with a sport to spare. However they have been all the time going to seek out the going troublesome towards a Nigerian facet that had scored objectives for enjoyable in Ghana.
The Falconets smashed six objectives previous Niger on matchday one and made mild work of Togo, who shipped seven objectives on gameday two.
And it took the younger Nigerian women solely ten minutes to open the scoring on Sunday afternoon.
Esther Ajakaye blew previous her marker on the left flank, and when many anticipated her to discover a teammate with a cross, the teenager ahead despatched an audacious lob over the goalkeeper and into the web.
It was Ajakaye’s fifth aim of the event, extending her lead on the prime of the goalscorer’s chart.
The Falconets continued to look extra harmful than their opponents in assault, and it ought to have been two-nil shortly after as a defensive mix-up almost resulted in a Burkina Faso own-goal.
Esther Onyenezide additionally appeared vigorous and dynamic for Nigeria in assault, and he or she might have doubled her facet’s benefit with a stinging left-footed shot. Nonetheless, Burkina Faso’s goalie made a effective cease.
Falconets coach Chris Danjuma launched Flourish Sebastine halfway by way of the half, and the younger ahead was unfortunate to not see her title on the scoresheet. Racing to a effective overhead through-ball, Sebastine glanced the ball previous the onrushing goalkeeper just for her effort to grace the goalpost and trickle out of play.
The second half started as the primary ended – with the Falconets with the momentum. And simply earlier than the hour mark, Ajakaye grabbed her second of the day.
Capitalising on a poor defensive move, the ahead drove into the opponent’s field earlier than unleashing an unstoppable shot into the web.
Sabastine added gloss to the scoreline late within the sport with a scientific end as Nigeria made it three wins in three video games.
With the victory, the Falconets end prime of Group B and can face Benin within the semifinals. Burkina Faso additionally advance regardless of the defeat and can subsequent face hosts Ghana for a spot within the closing.
