U17 Women World Cup Qualifiers: Nigeria trash Burkina Faso 6-0

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The Flamingos powered to a well-deserved 6-0 win over their West African neighbours inside the National Stadium in Abuja to secure a 7-1 aggregate victory.

Harmony Chidi was Nigeriaโ€™s outstanding performer as the young forward netted an excellent hat-trick while Peace Effiong claimed a brace to inspire the Flamingos to another huge win.

It would be recalled that the two teams played out a 1-1 draw at the Stade 26 Mars in Bamako, Mali, last week.

However, the Flamingos were in no mood for niceties in Abuja on Saturday as the coach Bankole Olowookere took a two-goal lead into the halftime break.

Chidi gave Nigeria the lead in the 11th minute before Peace Effiong doubled the advantage just past the half-hour mark.

Nigeria extended the superiority after the interval with Chidi heading home her second of the match and the Flamingosโ€™ third and Ramota Kareemโ€™s brilliant effort compounded the woes for the visitors.

Chidi completed her hat-trick four minutes from time before Peace Effiong bagged her second of the encounter as the rampant Flamingos made light work of Burkina Faso.

The Flamingosโ€™ 6-0 win equals Nigeriaโ€™s biggest win during the qualifiers and the countryโ€™s best result since beating Azerbaijan 11-0 at the FIFA U17 Womenโ€™s World Cup in 2012.

Nigeria have now advanced to the final qualifying round of the 2024 Womenโ€™s World Cup, where Flamingos will face either Senegal or Liberia.

The Flamingos won a bronze medal at the 2022 edition of the U17 Womenโ€™s World Cup in India after beating Germany in the third-place match. (Leadership)

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