Netting four goals against Venezuela on Saturday, the Falconets of Nigeria have qualified for the knockout round of the ongoing 2024 FIFA Under 20 World Cup taking place in Colombia.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the match between Venezuela and Nigeria was played at the Pascual Guerrero Stadium, Cali.
Four different scorers: Amina Bello, Chiamaka Okwuchukwu, Flourish Sebastine and Joy Igbokwe found the net for Nigeria, summing up an all-round impressive display.
The Falconets in their first Group D match defeated Korea Republic, before losing to Germany and eventually winning their third game against Venezuela by 4 unreplied goals. The Falconets qualified from Group D in second place.
Earlier, a cross section of Abuja-based football coaches had advised the Falconets to be more clinical in front of goal to get past Venezuela in their last group match of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia.
The advice came after the Nigeria’s women under 20 national football team, failed to convert their goal scoring chances in their 3-1 loss to Germany on Thursday in Colombia.
The football coaches, who spoke in separate interviews, held that the inability of the team to convert their chances and the defensive formation contributed to their loss to their more experienced European counterpart.