Nigeria’s U20 ladies’s crew, the Falconets, booked their place within the subsequent spherical of the FIFA U20 Ladies’s World Cup qualifiers with a commanding 4-0 win over Rwanda in Abuja on Saturday.
The hosts began brightly, with Treasured Oscar opening the scoring early within the first half. Fatimoh Adeshina doubled the lead quickly after with an outstanding freekick that left Rwanda’s goalkeeper Belise with no probability.
Dominant in possession, the Falconets dictated the tempo by midfield duo Pleasure Igbokwe and Taiwo Afolabi, whereas Oscar and Janet Akekoromowei posed fixed attacking threats.
Their stress paid off within the 59th minute when Akekoromowei struck from distance to make it 3-0.
She nearly doubled her tally 4 minutes later, however her cross bounced off the bar.
Kessiena Ojiyovwi thought she had added a fourth with a close-range header within the sixty fifth minute, however the purpose was dominated out for a foul on Rwanda’s goalkeeper.
Nonetheless, Afolabi ultimately sealed the victory with a surprising strike from outdoors the field in stoppage time.
The Falconets had earlier secured a 1-0 win in Kigali, making it a 5-0 mixture triumph. With this outcome, Nigeria advances confidently to the following spherical of the qualifiers
