2024 U-20 Women’s World Cup: How Falconets crushed Venezuela 4-0, qualify for knockout stage

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Nigeria’s Falconets crushed Venezuela 4-0 in their last Group D match on Saturday, securing their spot in the round of 16 of the 2024 FIFA U-20 women’s World Cup.

The Women U-20 team’s advancement into the round of 16 (knockout stage) was guaranteed with goals from Amina Bello, Joy Igbokwe, Flourish Sebastine, and Chiamaka Ukwuchukwu.

The Falconets seized the advantage of the for an easy victory to qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, being the tenth time that they have so.qualified in the competition.

After the Falconets’ thrilling victory over the South Americans on Saturday night, head coach Chris Danjuma gave his players high marks for their effort.

According to him, “It’s a fantastic feeling, and we don’t want to just win but also to play good football,” Danjuma told FIFA.com.

“We have a lot of talents that we want the world to see and this is an opportunity to see those talents because 90% of them are from the local league, they are not professionals coming from anywhere in Europe.”