Nigeria’s U-17 girls, Flamingoes scraped through to the final round of the African qualification series for the 6th FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup yesterday, after battling to a barren draw against visiting Ethiopia at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City.
The saving grace was the away goal in the 1-1 draw in Addis Ababa in the first leg a forthnight earlier, as the Flamingoes were downright disappointing even with Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu and NFF President Amaju Pinnick seated in the VIP box.
There was no discernible pattern to the game of Bala Nikyu’s girls, and their output cried for an overhaul ahead of the final round of the series against the Cameroon U-17 girls in seven weeks’ time.
Even when they managed to get into the opponents’ six-yard-box, they contrived to let the visitors off the hook. Substitute Abibat Abdulgodir was the only one who had an idea of the urgency of the day, but her deliveries from the right were wasted one after the other.
Uruguay 2018: Flamingoes survive Ethiopia, scrape through to final round
