Ayinde fires Flamingoes to q’final, Trash Colombia 3-0
Halimatu Ayinde’s second brace of the FIFA U-17
Women’s World Cup was enough to send Nigeria into the quarter-finals and
Colombia out in a 3-0 victory.
Chinwendu Ihezuo went close early on, her bullet
header going just wide as she aimed to improve on her tally of six at
Azerbaijan 2012. However they had to wait until the 32nd minute to open
the scoring, Ihezuo feeding Ayinde to slot beneath Lissa Cardozo.
It was a scrappy game, but one that was favouring the
African side. Nigeria were being limited to few chances despite
dominating possession, but last-ditch tackles and blocks were keeping
Colombia in it.
Maldonado almost swung things back on level terms
though, with her looping free-kick from 40 yards crashing off the
crossbar on 50 minutes, only for Gift Andy to recover and prevent
Marcela Restrepo tapping in.
Moments later Tessy Biahwo then struck a decent
free-kick of her own, but Cardozo was equal to it. Nigeria then had the
ball in the net 15 minutes into the second period, but it was ruled out
for a foul after Cardozo spilled a cross. Nigeria will play France in
the quarter-finals on October 4.
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