Flamencos qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women

Despite the winter conditions in Blida, on the outskirts of the Algerian capital, Algiers, Nigeria’s U-17 female team, the flamenco, dug in their heels and obtained a 0-0 crucial raffle against Algeria on Friday night, ensuring its qualification for the FIFA U-17 2025 World Cup in Marrocco.

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Clinging to a dominant 4-0 advantage in the first leg, the flamenco remained calm and compounds, absorbing the pressure of the guests while creating dangerous counterattacks.

Despite having the majority of possession and creating the best opportunities, flamenco could not turn their domain into objectives. However, the goalless raffle was enough to send them to a 4-0 aggregate victory.

The difference on the two legs was reduced to the dominant performance of the first leg of the flamenco, where they took a dominant advantage by 4-0. An orthopedic device of Queen Joseph and the goals of Zainab Raji and the substitute Aisha Animashaun sealed the victory for Nigeria in the first leg, leaving the Algerians with a battle uphill in the return section.

Now, with their ticket to Morocco insured, the flamenco will be one of the five representatives of Africa in the FIFA U-17 World Cup of 2025, which will take place from October 17 to November 5, 2025. This edition of the tournament will have 24 teams, the first in the history of competition.

Since the launch of the FIFA Women’s Women’s Cup in 2008, Nigeria has lost the finals only once, during the 2018 tournament in Uruguay. With their continuous domain in the competition, the flamenco will now focus on preparing for the World Cup and their search to increase their legacy.

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