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March 15, 2020

Flamingos romp into final round, trounce Guinea 5-1

Flamingos, Nigeria, U-17

Nigeria’s U-17 girls, Flamingos were imperious as they trounced their counterparts from Guinea 5-1 at the Agege Stadium, Lagos yesterday to reach the final round of African qualifying series for this year’s FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup.

No surprises were expected following Flamingos’ 6-1 demolition of their Guineans on their home ground in Conakry a week ago, and it looked like a similar scoreline was in the offing as the home girls easily created chance after chance at the  Soccer Temple.

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But they fluffed so many of them, with Oluwayemisi Samuel and Taiwo Lawal the biggest culprits.

Having qualified 11-2 on aggregate, the Flamingos will now clash with their Ghanaian counterparts in the final round of the series, after the latter also whipped Liberia 10-0 on aggregate. The first leg will hold in Accra in the first week of May.

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