Flamingos beat New Zealand 4-0 to set up Chile 2022

Nigeria stormed back into contention at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Goa on Friday with a 4-0 win over New Zealand. The score could have been higher had the Nigerian women converted more of their scoring chances.

In Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat by Germany, the Flamingos started brightly and came close several times before Aminat Omowunmi Bello found the back of the net after a sweet break from left-back Tumininu Adeshina.

Right-back Miracle Usani scored his second goal of the tournament and Nigeria’s second of 34 with a stunning free-kick in Germany’s win on Tuesday.^The A minute to make it 2-0 to Africa’s best at the break.

Ajagaye, the team’s top scorer in the African qualifiers, headed home from an Adeshina corner on the hour mark, but the New Zealand goalkeeper pushed the ball wide.

Substitutes Edidong Edime and Ajagaye wasted chances in the minute, but in the 75th minute^The Minute, midfielder Taiwo Afolabi scored Nigeria’s third goal by sending the ball into the top right corner from 20 yards.

Substitute Etim would have the final say in five of the extra six minutes played when he capitalized on a defensive error to lift the ball past the opposition goalkeeper.

The win gave Nigeria three precious points and puts them in a good position to qualify if they beat Chile on Monday afternoon at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.