Nigeria’s National U-20 women team Falconets picks ticket for women world cup scheduled to hold later this year in Costa Rica after beating their Senagales counterparts 4-1 in Benin.
The Nigeria’s qualification already looked certain having recorded a comfortable 3-1 away victory in Senegal in the first leg, before wrapping it up with a 4-1 comfortable win in the second leg in Benin to record a 7-2 aggregate win.
Edo Queens sensation Flourish Sebastine was Senegal’s problem in the first leg as she hit a hat-trick in the encounter at the Stade Lat-Dior and she did not disappoint her coaches and fans in Benin as her solo effort opened scoring for the falconets in the seventh minute. She made it 2-0 in the 21st minute before Oyenezide Esther scored from the spot to increase the tally to 3-0 before the half time whistle.
The visitors got a consolation goal through a spot kick in the 45th minute confidently converted by their Goalkeeper Adji Ndiaye after Jumoke Alani had tripped a Senegalese forward in the Nigerian box.
The Nigeria’s Under-20 women football team, advanced to the final round of the African Qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup after they defeated their Cameroonian counterparts 3-0 in the second leg clash at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja to record a 3-0 aggregate victory,having record a barren stalemate in the first leg in Cameroon.
The Nigerian girls are the most successful side in the African under 20 women football having won silver medals twice at the world stage and they are appearing for the tenth time in the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals.
