Targets by Amina Bello, Chiamaka Okwuchukwu, Flourish Sabastine and substitute Pleasure Igbokwe towards Venezuela in Cali on Saturday took two-time silver medallists Nigeria to the Spherical of 16 of the continuing FIFA U20 Ladies’s World Cup.
Bello guided dwelling a cut-back by the irrepressible Okwuchukwu for the primary aim towards the South People within the 16th minute, earlier than Okwuchukwu turned goalscorer within the 28th minute when she met a nook kick with a bullet header to make it 2-0 for Nigeria.
Okwuchukwu, who scored Nigeria’s solely aim of their 1-3 loss to Germany on Wednesday night time, was at it once more in added time of the primary half, when she assisted Flourish Sabastine with a pull-out that the latter transformed to place daylight between each international locations.
Substitute Pleasure Igbokwe made it 4, 4 minutes into added time, with the consequence successfully steering the Falconets to the Spherical of 16 of the competitors.
Victory earned the Falconets six factors and a plus three objectives distinction of their group D marketing campaign, with their Spherical of 16 sport to return up in Bogota on Thursday.
