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Nigeria’s
Jiroro Idike (on the ground) tackles Colombian captain Dayana Castillo as goal
scorer Halimatu Ayinde (in Jersey no. 14) looks on. Photo by: FIFA.com
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National U17 team, Flamingoes on Saturday thrashed
its Colombian counterpart, 3-0 to book a quarterfinal slot at the ongoing FIFA
Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan.
The Nigerian girls had to battle the hard fighting
Colombian ladies hard to get the three goals in the match played in Baku,
capital of Azerbaijan.
Halimatu Ayinde was the Nigerian squad’s talisman
this time round. She scored the first two goals for the Flamingoes before an
own goal from Colombian defender, Diana Duarte sealed the Southern American
team’s fate and pushed the Nigerian side through to the next round.
The first goal came in the 32nd minute while
the remaining goals came in the second half.
The Nigerian girls scored a total of 15 goals in
the group stage and conceded only one goal to finish with 7 points at the top
of Group A ahead of Canada, Colombia and hosts Azerbaijan.
But the day was not bright for debutants Gambia
that fell 10 – 2 to France. The West African team lost its first match 11 – 0 to
Korea DPR and the next one 6 -0 to USA.
Flamingoes will face Gambia’s conquerors, France in
the quarterfinals of the championship slated for Thursday, October 4.
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