Nigeria’s U-17 women’s football team, the Flamingos, have reached the quarter-final of the World Cup.
This was after a 4-0 humiliating win over Ecuador at the Estadio Cibao in the Dominican Republic.
For the second consecutive match, Nigeria scored four goals in the women’s World Cup as they qualified for the knockout stage with a game to spare next Wednesday.
Nigeria broke the deadlock very early with Shakira Moshood’s spot kick in the 28th minute after captain Taiwo Afolabi was infringed in the opponent’s box.
The lead extended till the second half for the Nigerian side who doubled the goal in the 54th minute with Harmony Chidi’s solo strike that went to the bottom right corner. It was Chidi’s, the highest goalscorer during the qualifiers’ first goal in the tournament after the VAR had chalked out her goal five minutes earlier.
Nigeria then got the third goal in the 66th minute after the Ecuadorian defender Maria Zambrano’s pass to goalkeeper Melany…