Nigerians Celebrate As Flamingos Thrash Burkina Faso 6–0 To Reach Final of U17 WWC Qualifiers
- The Flamingos of Nigeria have scaled through to the fourth and final round of the qualifiers for the 2024 U-17 Women’s World Cup
- The female football team ruthlessly defeated Burkina Faso at the Moshood Abiola stadium in Abuja on Saturday, with a 6-0 win
- The players, Harmony Chidi, Ramota Kareem and Peace Effiong saved Nigeria with their exceptional skills displayed on the pitch on Saturday
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FCT, Abuja - Saturday evening, May 18, Nigeria reached the final round of the African qualification series for this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals after a 6-0 defeat of Burkina Faso at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja.
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As reported by PremiumTimes, Goal-poacher Harmony Chidi, netted six of Nigeria’s dozen goals in the 12-0 annihilation of Central African Republic in the first round.
She came up big with a hat-trick in front of the delighted spectators in Nigeria’s administrative capital.
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As reported by The Cable, The Flamingos had played out a one-all draw with their opponents in Bamako on Saturday, May 12. They advanced to the next round with a 7-1 aggregate victory.
In the return leg, Nigeria scored twice in the first half before adding four in the second period, ripping their opponents to shreds in front of a sizeable home crowd.
Flamingos dominated the match played in Abuja on Saturday.
The national female football team, confirmed the development via a post shared on the NGSuper_Falcons @NGSuper_Falcons page on X on Saturday.
According to the post, Harmony Chidi 11 scored 3 goals while Ramota Kareem scored a goal and Peace Effiong scored 2 goals.
" FULL TIME! in Abuja
"Nigeria 6-0 Burkina Faso
"Harmony Chidi 11',74', 86'
"Ramota Kareem 84'
"Peace Effiong 34', 89'
"Our Flamingos are through to the fourth and final qualifying round
Flamingos Next match:
Nigeria will play the winners of the Senegal and Liberia match in the final round of the qualifiers.
The 2024 U-17 Women’s World Cup is billed to be held in the Dominican Republic from October 16 to November 3, 2024.
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Nigeria had a slim advantage going into the match against their South African opponent after defeating the Banyana Banyana at the first leg of the qualifying match in Abuja days back.
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