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Falconets humiliate Liberia 7-0



The U-20 Women National Team, Falconets, on Saturday completed a handsome home-and-away dismissal of their Liberia counterparts, beating the visitors 7-0 at the National Stadium, Abuja for a 14-1 aggregate win.
In the first leg of their second round fixture in the race for the 2016 FIFA U-20 World Cup finals, the Nigerian girls had beaten their hosts 7-1 in Liberia two weeks ago.
In Monrovia, a hat –trick from Yetunde Adeboyejo was aided by a brace by Amarachi Ojinma and one each by Juliet Sunday and Chinwendu Ihezuo.[post_ad]
On Saturday in Abuja, Chinaza Uchendu got the Nigerian girls on the way in the 23rdminute, before Ojinma netted the second in the 26thminute nd Aminat Yakubu got on the scoresheet nine minutes later.
The prolific Adeboyejo got the fourth goal from the penalty spot in the 39thminute, and that was how the first half ended.
In the second half, substitute Joy Bokiri got the fifth in the 71stminute, before additions by Aminat Yakubu in the 74thminute and Bokiri again six minutes from the end.

This post was last modified on November 30, 2018 1:38 pm

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