Nigeria’s U-17 national women’s football team, the Flamingos, kicked off their 2024 FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign with an emphatic 4-1 win over New Zealand on Wednesday at the CFC Stadium in Santiago de los Caballeros in the Dominican Republic.
Shakirat Moshood opened the scoring with one of the tournament’s fastest goals, finding the net after just 80 seconds. Seven minutes later, Faridat Abdulwahab struck the crossbar from 23 yards.
In the 13th minute, defender Taiwo Adegoke doubled Nigeria’s lead with a shot from outside the box, which the New Zealand goalkeeper fumbled. There was a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) check to confirm the ball crossed the line.
