Afrigather The Beninoise had been no match for the superior firepower of the Nigerian u20 nationwide workforce, and so they crumbled in entrance of the previous World Cup finalists
Esther Onyenezide’s sensible double impressed Nigeria’s Falconets to beat Benin 3-0 on the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Wednesday night to seal passage into the ultimate of the 2023 WAFU B U20 Women Cup of Nations.
Forward of this semifinal conflict, the Falconets had been the event’s type workforce, having received all three of their video games in Ghana, scoring 16 targets and conceding none. And there was little question they had been the large favourites to brush previous Benin and take an necessary step in the direction of profitable their first honour of 2023.
Benin, although, had been on the lookout for an upset win over the Nigerians – a repeat of their Group A overcome Ivory Coast final week.
However Nigeria’s Falconets had no intention of taking any prisoner. Within the twenty fourth minute, Amina Bello drove via the guts of Benin’s defence to lash the ball previous the goalkeeper for the opener.
Esther Ajakaye, arguably the very best participant on the event, was having hassle outwitting her Beninoise markers, however Flourish Sabastine was having fun with taunting the opponents. And within the thirty third minute, the Nigerian quantity 9 drew a foul within the hazard space forcing the referee to level to the spot for a penalty kick.
Esther Onyenezide stepped ahead confidently and transformed brilliantly to double the Falconets’ benefit.
The Falconets continued to dominate proceedings even within the second half, and on the hour-mark, it turned three-nil for the two-time U20 Ladies’s World Cup finalist.
Onyenezide went on a solo run and danced previous two defenders earlier than slotting into the web for her fourth purpose of the event.
The Nigerian women had different possibilities so as to add to the scoreline, however nobody may apply the of completion. Nonetheless, when the referee blasted for the ultimate whistle, the Falconets had accomplished sufficient to deserve the convincing win.
With the victory, Nigeria have progressed to the ultimate of the WAFU B U20 Women Cup, the place they’ll face Ghana.
The Ghanaians, earlier within the different semifinal, defeated Burkina Faso 3-1 to e-book their spot in Sunday’s remaining.
