Falcons advance to World Cup knockout stages after beating Venezuela

Nigeria U-20 women’s football team, Falconets have advanced to the knockout stages of the ongoing U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia.

Nigeria’s women, who started their campaign with a 1-0 win over South Korea, were beaten 3-1 in their second Group D game against Germany.

But they bounced back on Saturday night to beat Venezuela 4-0 in their final group game to advance to the second round.

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Amina Omowunmi Bello opened the scoring in the 16th minute and Chiamaka Okwuchukwu doubled Nigeria’s lead in the 28th minute.

The Falconets made it 3-0 just before halftime when Flourish Chioma Sabastine scored in the fifth minute of first-half stoppage time.

As the match was almost over, Nigeria added another goal to complete the rout through Joy Igbokwe in the 94th minute.

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