Nigeria’s Flamingos revived their campaign on the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Puerto Rico of their second Group B match in Morocco on Tuesday.
Oluwakemi Adegbuyi opened the scoring within the twenty fifth minute earlier than Precious Oscar struck in stoppage time to seal Nigeria’s first win of the event.
The consequence supplied a well timed response for coach Akeem Busari’s facet, who started their campaign with a 2-1 defeat to Poland and wanted a optimistic consequence to strengthen their hopes of reaching the knockout stage.
Nigeria began brightly, with Chidi Harmony coming shut to breaking the impasse within the sixteenth minute, just for her effort to crash towards the crossbar.
The Flamingos finally made their strain depend when Adegbuyi discovered the web within the twenty fifth minute to give Nigeria a 1-0 lead.
Nigeria held their benefit till half-time, leaving Puerto Rico to discover a response after conceding the opening purpose.
The second half noticed the Flamingos defend their lead earlier than Oscar struck within the ninetieth minute plus three to affirm the victory and safe all three factors.
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The win was significantly essential for Nigeria after their opening defeat to Poland, wherein Wiktoria Skrzypczak scored from the penalty spot within the thirty third minute earlier than Natalia Skrok doubled the lead within the sixty fifth minute. Oluebube Umejiaku pulled one again for Nigeria within the 79th minute, however the late response was not sufficient to keep away from defeat.
Puerto Rico, in the meantime, suffered a second consecutive loss after opening their maiden FIFA World Cup look at any stage with a 6-0 defeat to Korea DPR.
The victory offers Nigeria renewed momentum as they pursue qualification for the Round of 16.
North Korea defeated Poland 6-1 within the different Group B match. The massive win over Poland offers the Flamingos a bonus forward of Friday’s Group B conflict with the Koreans.
Under the event format, the highest two groups in every group advance robotically, alongside the 4 greatest third-placed groups throughout the six teams.
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