Nigeria’s Flamingos have certified for the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Ladies’s World Cup in Morocco after defeating Mexico 2-1 on Thursday.
Objectives from Oluebube Umejiaku and Mary Dunstan secured the victory for Nigeria, regardless of a late objective from Mexico’s Emily Delgado.
Umejiaku opened the scoring within the thirty ninth minute after profiting from a defensive mistake to place the Flamingos forward.
Nigeria continued to dominate after the break, and Dunstan doubled the lead within the seventieth minute. The midfielder reacted shortly after Mexico’s goalkeeper, Ania López, saved an effort from substitute Treasured Oscar earlier than lifting the rebound into the online.
Mexico pulled one objective again by Delgado within the second minute of added time, however the Flamingos held on to safe their place within the final eight.
The victory continues Nigeria’s spectacular restoration after dropping their opening group match 2-1 to Poland.
The Flamingos bounced again with a 2-0 win over Puerto Rico earlier than recording a 3-1 victory in opposition to defending champions North Korea to qualify for the knockout stage.
Nigeria completed second in Group B with six factors from three matches, scoring six objectives and conceding 4.
The Flamingos will face Venezuela within the quarter-finals on Sunday, 1 November, after the South Individuals defeated Germany 1-0 of their Spherical of 16 encounter.
Nigeria will hope to proceed their successful run as they purpose to achieve the semi-finals and enhance on their third-place end on the 2022 FIFA U-17 Ladies’s World Cup in India.
