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Falconets Spank Cameroon, Close In On FIFA World Cup Ticket

Nigeria’s female U-20 team, falconets, beat their counterparts 3-0 in a World Cup Qualifying match in Abuja on February 5, 2022.

 

Nigeria reached the final round of the qualification series for this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup after the Falconets defeated their Cameroonian counterparts 3-0 at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Saturday.

The encounter was the first international match at Nigeria’s premium sporting arena since the Falcons defeated their Senegalese counterparts 2-0 in a Women Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match in April 2016.

A brace by left–sided midfielder Esther Onyenezide and one by Precious Vincent sent the Young Lionesses back to Yaounde empty-handed.

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Onyenezide struck after 22 minutes, before Vincent increased the worries of the visitors eight minutes from the interval. Onyenezide struck again in the 73rd minute to put the match beyond the Lionesses.

The Falconets will now battle with Senegal who defeated Morocco 5-3 on penalties, in a two-legged affair next month for a slot at the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica in August.

 

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