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Goalkeeper
Ok Kum Ju of Korea DPR makes a save ball during the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Group C match between Korea DPR and Nigeria at Amman International Stadium on
October 8, 2016 in Amman, Jordan. (Photo by Boris Streubel - FIFA/FIFA via
Getty Images)
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Nigeria’s Flamingoes on
Saturday crashed out of the ongoing fifth edition of the FIFA Under-17 Women’s
World Cup in Jordan, thus recording the country’s worst outing at the
competition.
News
Agency of Nigeria report continues:
In
this final match day fixture in Amman, the Nigerian side needed victory to
have hopes of advancing if England had lost to Brazil.
But
they failed to rise to the occasion.
The
match played at the Amman International Stadium saw the Flamingoes losing 0-3
to group leaders North Korea to fall apart and finish bottom of Group C.
After
one draw (a 0-0 draw with England) and two losses (0-1 to Brazil and 0-3 to
North Korea), Nigeria finished with just one point from three matches.
Ri
Hae Yon scored a hat-trick for the Asians to progress to the quarter-final
stage unbeaten with seven points from two wins and one draw in three matches.
Hot-shot
Ri bagged a first-half double before notching her third on 83 minutes, bringing
her tally to four goals in two games, as Korea DPR capped off a commanding
victory.
Nigeria
had started brightly with Rasheedat Ajibade, a menace throughout the opening 45
minutes through her blistering pace, forcing Ok Kum Ju to make a number of
early stops.
In
spite of early pressure from Nigeria, it was the 2008 champions who took the
lead on the half-hour mark.
Ko
Kyong Hui made a tackle on the halfway line and sent a long pass over the
Nigeria defence, where Ri got onto the end of the bouncing ball.
She
then only needed to just fire past goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie.
They
then doubled their advantage shortly before the break through Ri’s second of
the day, who capped off a well-worked team move by slotting home from close
range.
Ri
then completed her hat-trick on 83 minutes after receiving Kim Jong Sim’s
free-kick in the area and slotting a side-footed effort past Nnadozie.
The
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria had at the first edition in
New Zealand in 2008 finished third in Group D after a win and a draw.
In
2010 at Trinidad and Tobago, the Flamingoes topped Group A which included North
Korea whom they beat 3-2, after three wins from three matches.
They
however went on to lose 5-6 to eventual winners South Korea after 120 minutes
in the quarter-finals.
At
the third edition in Azerbaijan in 2012, the Flamingoes were again Group a
leaders, including beating the hosts 11-0, before losing again to another
eventual winners.
They
lost 3-5 after a penalty shootout, following a 0-0 draw with France in the
quarter-finals.
In 2014 at Costa Rica, they topped Group D after three wins, but lost 0-3 to runners-up Spain in the quarter-finals.
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