FIFAU17FWC: Nigeria Flamingoes Edges Out PowerPuff Girls of Venezuela in Quarterfinal Duel Via lone penalty Goal.
… Samba Girls of Brazil Dishine China From Behind in 2-1 Victory to Set Up Nigeria vs Brazil Semifinal on Wednesday.
Nigeria on Sunday night in Sale, Morocco edged out hard fighting Venezuelan PowerPuff Girls by a late lone penalty kick making them stranded by a lone goal.
Nigeria tried many combinations to weaken the Venezuelan defence and humble their Goalkeeper, Rebaneles who stood between Nigeria and victory until Migleydys Bolsegui fell under severe pressure to commit a foul in their vital area and Azeezat Oduntan scored the crucial goal in the 89th minute causing severe heartbreak that will need medical attention for the South Americans.
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Ref Oh Hyeon-Jeong of North Korea who handled the match exceeded the 7 minutes she initially gave for injury and wasted time to 12 minutes during which the Venezuelans fought like wounded Lions looking desperately for an equalizer which the Nigerian Defence resisted gallantly.
To get to the quarterfinal stages, Nigeria lost to Poland 1-2, beaten Puerto Rico 2-0, shocked Defending champions, North Korea 3-1 and stopped the Mexican waves 2-1. Venezuela lost to France 0-2, defeated Zambia 3-2, lost to Japan 0-2 and piped Germany by a lone goal.
The Venezuelans lost 3rd place matches twice in 2014 and 2016 and lost at group stage in 2010 in their previous 3 appearances. Their inability to qualify for the tournament from their region missing out in 2012 as well as 2018 till now shows they are just picking up again. Nigeria has been at all the 8 tournaments winning Bronze in 2022 and making quarterfinal stages in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2024.
Nigeria will now meet the Samba Girls of Brazil in the 2nd semifinal on Wednesday at 7pm. All semifinal matches will be played in Rabat meaning all the four semifinalists will have to travel to Rabat tomorrow.
Brazil came from behind this evening to snatch victory from China at 2-1 after Chi Wu Yichen scored from a pass received from Liu Yuchen in the 42nd minute but Helena equalized in the 46th minute from Greasley Kelly pass and Helena got her brace from a Sofia Gammonal assist to end Football hostilities.
The 3rd place match will hold next Saturday at 4pm while the grand finale is at 7:30pm in Rabat, Morocco.
Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line.
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