…Ghana Drubs Liberia 6-0; Zambia Hammer DR Congo 5-0.
The Flamingoes of Nigeria (u17 female) on Saturday at Stade Felix Houphouet Boigny in Abidjan Ivory Coast won a dominant victory over their Guinean counterparts with 5-0 drubbing in the 1st leg of the African u17 world football cup qualifier.
Super Captain, Chidi Harmony scored a hatrick (three goals in a match) making the 1st goal in the 1st minute while fans were still clearing their tickets to gain entrance into the stadium.
She got her 2nd goal in the 12th minute and topped it up in the 39th minute; wonder girl Kemi Adegbuyi got her name on the score sheet in the 37th minute before both teams went to the locker room for half time.
Nogeria’s new Coach, Akeem Busari cried himself hoax demanding torrent of goals after Mary Dunstom got the 5th goal in the 56th minute and Ref Dorsat Ganouati of Tunisia would not allow any extra time blowing the match off to time.
Both teams would still meet at the Remo Star Stadium Shagamu that is fast becoming an abbatoir for Nigerian female teams on 31st May for the 2nd leg.
The Guinean performance was lower than their 2020 meetings with the Flamingoes as the Nigerians slashed them 6-1 on the 1st leg away on 7th March 2020 and on 14th March of 2020 beat them at home 5-1 to make 11-2 aggregate. Will Nigeria’s Flamingoes score more than six goals in Shagamu to eraze their record? It looks certain that the 2nd leg is a formality the way the Nigerian girls turned the second half in Abidjan to training session.
Guinea has appeared in the u17 Afcon final rounds 7 times, made the runners up position in 2019; 3rd in 2015 and 2017. She was at the world cup 8 times and made 4th position in 1985.
Flamingoes were 7 times African champions in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2022 and 2024 also winning Silver in 2018 all in 9 appearances.
Flamingoes were at the world cup 8 times getting the Bronze in 2022 and appearing at the quarterfinal four times in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2024.
Yesterday, Friday was all draw day as Kenya played 1-1 with Uganda at home and Cameroon forced Senegal to a goalless draw at home.
Earlier today, South Africa beat Tanzania 2-0 away; Zambia drilled DR Congo 5-0 in Lusaka and Ghana Princesses drubbed Liberia 6-0 in Accra.
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Tomorrow Sunday at 1300 hours Nigerian time, Ethiopia will host Burundi while on Monday at 1600 hours Benin Republic will host Sierra Lone.
Second leg matches will be played 30-31st May for all the teams and winners will move into the 3rd round matches which will be decided 3-5th July for 1st leg and 10-12th July for the 2nd leg.
The four emerging winners after the 3rd round matches will join hosts Morocco at the world cup.
Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line.
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