Columbia 2024: Falconets wallop Venezuela 4-0, cruise into round of 16
Nigeria’s Women under 20 national football team, the Falconets thrashed Venezuela 4-0 on Saturday in the Group D match of the ongoing 2024 FIFA Under 20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia.
The match was played at the Estadio Olimpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia.
Goals by Amina Bello, Chiamaka Okwuchukwu, Flourish Sabastine and substitute Joy Igbokwe was all the Nigerian girls needed to cruise into the Round of 16 of the tournament.
Bello scored Nigeria`s first goal in the 16th minute while Okwuchukwu made it two in the 28th minute with a header from a corner kick.
Okwuchukwu, the lone goal scorer in their 1-3 loss to Germany struck again in added time of the first half with an assist from Flourish Sabastine with a pull-out.
Substitute Joy Igbokwe made it four, four minutes into added time, with the result effectively steering the Falconets to the Round of 16 of the competition.
The Falconets who now have six points and a plus three goals difference in their group D will play in their Round of 16 game Thursday in Bogota, Colombia.
The Nigerian girls defeated South Korea 1-0 in their opener and lost to Germany 1-3 in their second group match.
Nigeria joins Cameroon in the round of 16 as the two African nations continue to fly the continent’s flag at the tournament.
(NAN)
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