Afrigather A brace by captain Rasheedat Ajibade and one every by Uchenna Kanu and Asisat Oshoala noticed the Tremendous Falcons defeat Ethiopia 4-0 (5-1 on mixture) to advance to the third qualifying spherical for the 2024 Girls’s Soccer Olympic Video games, set to happen in Paris.
The nine-time African champions will subsequent meet the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon within the race.
Nigeria had been held to a 1-1 draw after they squared off with Ethiopia on the Abebe Bikila Stadium final week. Nevertheless, they needed to get a win within the return leg on the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja on Tuesday.
A slightly tepid first half noticed Oshoala bungle a few alternatives and Uchenna Kanu miss from six yards. Kalsa Aregash additionally noticed her shot saved by goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, and from a 20-yard free-kick, captain Loza Abera tried to fit above Nnadozie with out success.
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Simply earlier than referee Edoh Kindidje from Togo blew for recess, Oluwatosin Demehin despatched an extended ball ahead and Kanu, who scored Nigeria’s first purpose on the FIFA Girls’s World Cup finals in the summertime, simply beat two defenders by watching the bounce of the ball, after which raced to fit previous goalkeeper Tarikua Bergena for Nigeria’s first purpose.
5 minutes into the second interval, and simply in regards to the time she netted Nigeria’s equalizer in Addis Ababa six days earlier, captain Ajibade stepped as much as flash into the web for Nigeria’s second purpose, a cross from Oshoala because the Barcelona Female ahead darted previous two defenders on the appropriate.
Within the 68th minute, Oshoala turned scorer, heaving herself as much as meet Kanu’s measured pull-out from the left with a close-range header that left Bergena helpless.
The guests, now overwhelmed, sought to restrict the injury, but it surely was to not be as Ajibade, lithe and sparse and harmful as ever, sneaked in to bundle the ball previous Bergena 4 minutes later after one other cross from Oshoala.
Spain-based Ajibade practically obtained her hat trick on the dot of time, when she flashed a shot from 27 yards that went narrowly away.
Victory means the Tremendous Falcons will now meet the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon, who overturned a 2-0 defeat in Kampala to defeat Uganda 3-0 after further time in Yaounde on Tuesday night time.
