Nigeria’s U-17 girls’s nationwide group defeated their counterparts from Burkina Faso to advance to the fourth and remaining qualifying spherical for the 2024 FIFA U17 World Cup within the Dominican Republic, Soccernet.ng experiences.
The Flamingos powered to a well-deserved [6-0] win over their West African neighbours contained in the Nationwide Stadium in Abuja to safe a [7-1] mixture 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 big win.
It might be recalled that the 2 groups 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 on Saturday because the coach Bankole Olowookere 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 residence 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 greatest win in the course of the qualifiers and the nation’s greatest outcome since beating Azerbaijan 11-0 on the FIFA U17 Girls’s World Cup in 2012.
Nigeria have now superior to the ultimate qualifying spherical of the 2024 Girls’s World Cup, the place Flamingos will face both Senegal or Liberia.
The Flamingos gained a bronze medal on the 2022 version of the U17 Girls’s World Cup in India after beating Germany within the third-place match.