Nigeria reached the Spherical of 16 at this yr’s FIFA U17 Ladies’s World Cup finals in Morocco after a dominant efficiency earned them a 4-0 win over Samoa in Rabat.
Queen Joseph hit a brace to take her event tally to 3, and Captain Shakirat Moshood scored from the penalty spot whereas defender Azeezat Oduntan nicked a candy one straight from the wing.
The Flamingos knew they wanted a high-margin win to have the ability to attain the knock-out rounds, after a 1-4 reverse towards Canada on the opening day and a lone purpose defeat by France three days in the past.
Within the occasion, they went in regards to the enterprise with all seriousness and bounced on the scoresheet after solely 13 minutes, when Joseph latched on to an ideal move by Moshood and lifted the ball into the web distant from goalkeeper Grace Ae.
Ae was in the fitting place three minutes later to push away a good shot by Chisom Nwachukwu, however she was despatched the incorrect approach by Moshood from six yards within the twenty seventh minute after defender Holly Leapai dealt with the ball within the field from a nook.
The Flamingos continued to seek for extra targets and within the thirty sixth minute, Nguemo Terlumun, a relentless thorn on the Samoan defence, danced previous the rearguard and crossed for Joseph, who knocked the ball into the web for Nigeria’s third.
Within the forty fourth minute, a superb trade of passes between Joseph and Mariam Yahaya left the latter dealing with the goalkeeper, however her shot was pushed out.
The Flamingos thought they’d be 4-0 up solely 32 seconds into the second half, however Moshood’s effort from the penalty spot was well-read by Ae after Terlumun was fouled.
Within the 67th minute, the fourth purpose lastly arrived, with Oduntan scoring from a well-placed cross, both aspect of two sensible saves by Nigeria’s goalkeeper Sylvia Echefu.
The win was sufficient to see the Flamingos, bronze medallists on the 2022 finals hosted by India, attain the Spherical of 16.
