Flamingoes Sent Packing From Fifa U17 World Cup After 3-0 Loss To North Korea

Nigeria failed to get past the first round of the 2016 FIFA U17 Women’ s World Cup after they were comprehensively beaten 3-0 by their North Korean counterparts in a Group C encounter at the Amman International Stadium on Saturday.

A hattrick from R. Hae Yun was the flavour that the Asian side needed to overpower the tactically deficient Flamingoes.

Coach Bala Nikyu’ s girls failed to score and bagged just one point, thus summing up a poor tournament for the Rasheedat Ajibade captained team.

The Flamingoes picked the ball from the net on the half hour when Yun scored the opener.

In the 45th minute, Yun punished the Nigerians with the second goal for herself and her team before going on to cap an excellent individual performance with a treble for herself seven minutes from time.

In the other group match, England joined North Korea in the last eight with a 2-1 victory over Brazil.

The tournament, hosted by Jordan, enters the quarter-final stage on Wednesday.
 
Flamingoes Starters: Chiamaka Nnadozie, Opeyemi Sunday, Patience Dike, Efih Peace, Kenneth Catherine, Akudo Ogbonna, Titus Happiness, Omokwo Mercy, Rasheedat Ajibade (c), Maryan Ezenagu, Okeke Chidinma

Reserves: Christiana Obia, Agatha Thompson, Christy Ucheibe, Ebunoluwa Adeboye, Joy Michael Oghenebrume Ikekhua, Folashade Ijamilusi, Arit Itu, Cynthia Aku

Suspended: Abidemi Ibe

Igho Kingsley

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