The National Under-17 Women’s team, Flamingos have booked their in the semi-finals of the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco.
A heartbreaking penalty awarded in the 89th minute was calmly converted by Azeezat Oduntan to ensure the Flamingos overcame the hard-fighting girls from Venezuela.
Nigeria will now face Brazil, who defeated China 2-1, on 4 November for a place in the final.
Africa’s other second representative, Ghana was not that lucky as they 0-1 to Japan to crash out of the competition.
Defending Champions, North Korea remain strongly in contention to retain the trophy with a comprehensive 3-0 demolition of the United States of America.The Nigerian girls had in their last group game defeated the Koreans 3-1 to qualify for the round of 16, but the defending champions have quicly bounced back to stop host Morocco 6-0 before dispatching the US in the quarter final.
