Nigeria’s Flamingos have qualified for the semi-finals of this year’s U-17 women’s World Cup in India after beating USA on penalties in Friday’s quarter-finals.
After 90 minutes of football had ended 1-1, the game was decided via penalty shootout with the Flamingos triumphing 4-3 to qualify for a first-ever semi-final place.
The Flamingos will now meet either Columbia or debutant Tanzania in the semi-final slated for Wednesday, 26 October.
Omamuzo Edafe gave the Flamingos the lead in the 27th minute from the penalty spot, following a foul on Amina Bello inside the box.
With five minutes left in the first half USA equalized thanks to Amalica Villarreal.
With both teams failing to find the winner in the second half the game went into penalties with the Americans missing twice and the Flamingos missed one of theirs.
And Edafe converted the winning spot kick to send Nigeria into the last four.