Nigeria’s U-17 girls’s nationwide crew, the Flamingos, defeated defending champions DPR Korea 3–1 of their remaining Group B match to safe a spot within the Round of 16 on the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco. The Flamingos scored twice within the first half earlier than including a 3rd……
(*16*)Nigeria’s U-17 girls’s nationwide crew, the Flamingos, defeated defending champions DPR Korea 3–1 of their remaining Group B match to safe a spot within the Round of 16 on the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco.
The Flamingos scored twice within the first half earlier than including a 3rd after the break, whereas DPR Korea managed a late penalty as Nigeria claimed all three factors at Pitch 1 of the Mohammed VI Football Complex.
Head coach Akeem Busari made one change to the crew that beat Puerto Rico 2–0, with Oluebube Umejiaku handed a beginning position as captain Harmony Chidi started on the bench.
Oluwakemi Adegbuyi gave Nigeria the lead within the fifteenth minute after receiving a go from Mary Dunstan. She held off her marker earlier than calmly slotting the ball previous goalkeeper Kim Son Gyong to attain her second aim of the event.
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Nigeria doubled their benefit within the thirty eighth minute when Tosin Rafiu picked out Umejiaku with a exact go. The ahead maintained her composure earlier than firing previous Kim to make it 2–0.
The Flamingos went into half-time with a two-goal cushion and prolonged their lead within the 56th minute via Kanyinsola Yusuf, who curled an excellent free-kick into the online to place Nigeria 3–0 forward and register her second aim of the competitors.
DPR Korea decreased the deficit within the 82nd minute after Yu Jong Hyang transformed a penalty.
Adegbuyi later appeared to have scored her second aim of the match, however the effort was disallowed following a video overview. Although the aim was initially dominated out for offside, the referee finally dominated towards it due to a foul within the build-up.
Busari made his first substitution within the sixty fifth minute, bringing on Awawu Bashiru for Dunstan, earlier than introducing Precious Oscar for Queen Joseph within the 84th minute as Nigeria protected their lead.
The victory took the Flamingos to 6 factors on the finish of the group stage and confirmed their development to the knockout stage.
The defeat additionally ended DPR Korea’s unbeaten run in common time on the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, a streak that had lasted since their 4–1 loss to Germany on November 14, 2018.
