Halimatu Ayinde's second brace of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was enough to send Nigeria into the quarter-finals and Colombia out in a 3-0 victory.
Chinwendu
Ihezuo went close early on, her bullet header going just wide as she
aimed to improve on her tally of six at Azerbaijan 2012. However they
had to wait until the 32nd minute to open the scoring, Ihezuo feeding
Ayinde to slot beneath Lissa Cardozo.
It was a scrappy game, but one that was favouring the African side. Nigeria were being limited to few chances despite dominating possession, but last-ditch tackles and blocks were keeping Colombia in it.
Maldonado
almost swung things back on level terms though, with her looping
free-kick from 40 yards crashing off the crossbar on 50 minutes, only
for Gift Andy to recover and prevent Marcela Restrepo tapping in.
Moments later Tessy Biahwo then struck a decent free-kick of her own, but Cardozo was equal to it. Nigeria then had the ball in the net 15 minutes into the second period, but it was ruled out for a foul after Cardozo spilled a cross.
Captain Dayana Castillo almost drew Colombia
level after breaking clear, only for Andy to deny her and seconds
later, they were two down. Substitute Yetunde Adeboyejo combining well
with Ayinde before the latter stroked the ball in off the bar.
When Diana Duarte put into her own net with a miscued header, Colombia’s last hopes were dashed, while France await the victors.
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