U-20 Womens World Cup: Nigeria Falconets thump Korea DPR 6-2 to book a spot in the final

Nigeria U-20 women national team defeated Korea DPR on Monday to qualify for the final of  FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada.

 

The Falconets opened scoring through Courtney Dike in the early minutes before Asisat Oshoala began her free-scoring as she saw the back of the net four times in the match.

 

Although Korea DPR look like they would cause the African trouble after scoring their first from the penalty spot which made it 1-2 in favour of Nigeria, but events turned out to show that the Nigerians were too hot to handle on the night.

 

Falconets will face the winner between Germany and France in the second semi final yet to be decided.

FIFA U-20 Womens World Cup: Nigeria beat New Zealand 4-1 to qualify for Semi final

Nigeria has qualified for the Semi fina of the FIFA Womens World Cup on-going in Canada after beating New Zealand 4-1 on Sunday.

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Asisat Oshoala and Uchechi Sunday both scored a brace as they whipped the women from New Zealand who managed to grab a consolation in the 89th minute.

The Falconets will confront Korea DPR in the semi final.

Nigeria to face New Zealand after beating England 2-1 in quarter final

Nigeria Falconets defeated England 2-1 at the on-going FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada to qualify for quarter-final of the tournament. 

The match which was played in the early hours of Thursday, saw the Falconets rally back through Loveth Ayila and Asisat Oshoala scored, after conceding an early goal.

It took England just five minutes of play to go ahead in the game as Nikita Parris scored to give England the lead but Ayila levelled the scored four minutes before half time as she fired in from about 25-yards.

14 minutes into the second half, Oshoala was brought down in the area and the referee pointed to the spot without hesitation. She stepped up and coolly slotted the ball into the bottom corner.

Nigeria now confronts Group D runner-up, New zealand  as the Falcons feature in their fifth consecutive quarter-final.

''I did not expect Mexico to be this strong'' - Nigerian Coach

After failing to beat Mexico in their opening Group C game of the FIFA Women's U-20 World cup which ended 1-1, Nigeria coach Peter Dedevbo, has admitted that he didn't expect envisage the fight he saw from the North American side.

In his word ''I did not expect them to be this strong. They have given me the opportunity to see some lapses in my team which I’m going to work on. I’m not satisfied with a draw. I wanted a win to put the team top of Group C.''

Dedevbo also added that they would work more in training on ball control, passing and finishing.

He said: ''Is like every other match; at times in some matches what you expect to see or when you plan your strategies it does not work out for you. You feel a bit disappointed. There is no problem; it happens like that in most first matches of every competition. The team gave in their best''