Nigeria’s Flamingos have finally broken the quarter-final jinx at the FIFA U-17 Female WorldCup after beating the United States 4-3 penalties in Mumbai.
It was a very tough encounter for coach Bankole Olowookere and his wards, as the American girls gave the Flamingos a serious challenge in this match.
Nigeria opened scoring in the first half of the encounter with Omamuzo Edafe, scoring from the penalty spot, the American teenagers equalized few minutes through Amalia Villarreal after to level things up at 1-1.
Both sides failed to add to the tally as it ended 1-1 in full time.
However there is no extra time at the U-17 level as the match went straight into penalty shoot-out.
The Americans missed their first penalty but scored three more in the shoot out, the Nigerian ladies scored four in the shoot -out to edge out from the tournament.
Nigeria await the winner of the encounter between Colombia and Tanzania in the tournament.