By Abdulrahman Yahaya

Nigeria’s under-17 national team, the Flamingos, have defeated Brazil 3-1 to reach the Final of the ongoing FIFA Under-17 Women’s World cup in Rabat, Morocco.

The Akeem Busari-led team produced a dominant display on Wednesday night to win the semi-final encounter with goals from Queen Joseph and Awawu Bashiru.

Nigeria dominated the game from the blast of the whistle but had to wait for the opener till the second half.

Oluwakemi Adegbuyi found Queen Joseph with a beautiful through ball to bury Nigeria’s first goal in the 56th minute.

Nigeria continued to control the game and were rewarded with two more brilliant goals from Awawu Bashiru in the 71st and 80th minutes.

Brazil scored their consolation goal of the game with their first and only shot on target through Queiroz in the 89th minute.

The Flamingos held on till the final whistle, becoming the first African team to reach the final of the tournament.

The Nigerian girls will now face Japan in the final on Saturday, hoping to come back home with the trophy after an impressive tournament that has seen them beat high profile opponents.

Japan had earlier defeated defending Champions North Korea 4-1 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in the first semi-final game. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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Edited by Emmanuel Afonne