WAFU U17 Girls’ Cup: Nigeria Defeat Cote d’Ivoire To Qualify For Semi-Final
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Flamingos star Harmony Chidi scored a hat-trick to lead Nigeria to a 3-2 win over Cote d’Ivoire to seal their place in the last four of the competition.
Chidi, who netted 13 of the 25 goals as the Flamingos crushed everything on their path in Africa to the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in the Dominican Republic this year, took matters into her own hands to ensure Nigeria finished top of group B of the inaugural competition.
Following their 9-0 win over the Niger Republic on Thursday, the Flamingos finished the group campaign with six points, scoring 12 goals and conceding two
Cote d’Ivoire finished second with three points and seven goals.
The Nigeriens finished without a point, and with no goal, 14 against.
The young Ivorian girls will go up against hosts, Black Maidens of Ghana in the first semi-final of the competition on Thursday, before the second semi-final that will see FIFA World Cup quarter-finalists Nigeria tackle neighbours Benin Republic at the Ghana Centre of Excellence in Prampram.
Esther Kwame, who scored the Ivorians’ first goal against Nigeria with a long-range shot in the 56th minute, and Guasam, who scored from the penalty spot to reduce the tally five minutes later after a foul by Rokibat Azeez, could prove a handful for the Black Maidens on Thursday.
