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Goals from Oluwakemi Adegbuyi and substitute Precious Oscar earned Nigeria’s Flamingos a 2-0 win over Puerto Rico, in their second Group B game at the 2026 FIFA U-17 women’s World Cup in Morocco on Tuesday.
The Flamingos needed to bounce back from their opening day 2-1 defeat to Poland.
Up next the Flamingos is a difficult encounter with defending champions North Korea on Friday, October 23.
The North Koreans continued their impressive start to the tournament, after hammering Poland 6-1 earlier on Tuesday.
The Flamingos had their first attempt on goal in the second minute through Queen Joseph but she failed to hit the target.
Six minutes later it wa the turn of Puerto Rico to go close but Mia Colon’s effort did not go in.
Flamingos captain Chidera Chidi also had an attempt on goal in the 16th minute but failed to find the back of the net.
The Flamingos eventually took the lead on 25 minutes thanks to Adegbuyi.
In the 38th minute Megan Rivera had a chance to draw her side level which went off target.
Five minutes into the second half Tosin Rafiu went close to making 2-0 but couldn’t convert her chance.
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In the 58th minute it was the turn of Queen Joseph which was also missed.
Goal scorer Adegbuyi went close to getting her second of the game in the 69th minute only to see her effort go off target.
Puerto Rico launched an attack of their own and Caroline Rivera went close but failed to find the back of the net.
With less than 10 minutes remaining Puerto Rico created scoring opportunities but missed.
Then in the 93rd minute Oscar got the all important second goal to seal the three points for the Flamingos.
MATCH STAT
Nigeria 2-0 Puerto Rico
GOAL SCORERS
Oluwakemi Adegbuyi (25 min) Precious Oscar (90+3 min)
NIGERIA LINE UP
1 Jane Ijirigho
3 Azeezat Oduntan
5 Ohunene Sunday
13 Esther Stephen
19 Kanyinsola Yusuf
8 Mary Dunstan
10 Favour Nkwocha
12 Tosin Rafiu
7 Queen Joseph
9 Chidera Chidi (C)
14 Oluwakemi Adegbuyi
SUBSTITUTIONS
Oluebube Umejiaku (Chidera Chidi, 67 min)
Awawu Bashiru (Mary Dunstan, 67 min)
Precious Oscar (Queen Joseph, 76 min)
HEAD COACH: Akeem Busari
PUERTO RICO LINE UP
18 Victoria Moore-Torres
2 Jaeda Russell
3 Sandra Oneill
8 Reese Lanier
16 Zoriah Jones
7 Zoe Melia
10 Giselle Falcon
11 Caroline RIVERA Rivera
17 Amanda Echevarria
19 Mia COLON Colon
13 Megan RIVERA Rivera
SUBSTITUTIONS
Aleeya Olmo (Amanda Echevarria, 46 min)
Isabella Sanabria-Cora (Mia Colon, 63 min)
Camila Adame (Giselle Falcon, 63 min)
Rhaya Everts (Zoe Melia, 77 min)
Selymar Centeno (Zoriah Jones, 88 min)
HEAD COACH: Andres Mirabelli
By James Agberebi
