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Super Falconets started their campaign at the ongoing WAFU B Women's Championship as they thrashed the Niger Republic 7-0.
Nigeria's Super Falconets started their campaign at the ongoing WAFU B Women's Championship as they thrashed the Niger Republic 7-0.
Pulse Sports reported that Nigeria is paired in group B with Niger Republic, Burkina Faso, and Togo, while hosts, Ghana will slug it out with Benin Republic and Cote d'Ivoire in group A.
Nigeria's Ajakaye scored a hat-trick as the Falconets mercilessly humiliated Niger in their opening game of the tournament.
In the fourth minute, she gave the Falconets the lead, and nine minutes later, she made it 2-0.
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After Mercy Kalu had given us a 3-0 lead going into halftime, she finished off her hat trick in the 53rd minute.
Adaobi Okah made it 5-0 for the side from the penalty spot, while Victoria Alani and Chioma Olise finished off the Falconets' sweep in 64 and 90 minutes, respectively.
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The win put Nigeria at the top of Group B with three points and a seven-goal difference.
The Falconets will play Togo on Wednesday, in the second round of Group B, while the Niger Republic will tackle Burkina Faso on the same day.
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Drawn into Group B of the competition, the Flying Eagles are to face five-time champions Brazil, 2017 bronze-medalists Italy, and debutants Dominican Republic.
Pulse Sports reported that Nigeria's Super Falconets Head Coach Chris Danjuma has selected midfielders Taiwo Afolabi and Esther Onyenezide and forwards Flourish Sebastine and Opeyemi Ajakaye.
Danjuma, who steered the Nigerian girls to the last eight of last year’s World Cup in Costa Rica, picked goalkeeper Inyene Etim, defenders Comfort Folorunsho and Jumoke Alani, midfielders Chioma Olise and Blessing Emmanuel, and forwards Omowunmi Bello and Goodness Osigwe.
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Also part of the team is Taiwo Afolabi, Comfort Folorunsho, Opeyemi Ajakaye, and Blessing Emmanuel, who are part of Nigeria's U-17 girls’ team that won bronze medals at last year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals in India.
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