Nigeria’s U-17 female team, the Flamingos will on Sunday, meet their Venezuelan counterparts in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Women’s World Cup.
The Flamingos, on Thursday beat Mexico 2-1 in their round of 16 match to qualify for the quarterfinals.
Oluebube Umejiaku broke the deadlock in the 39th minute after Mexico had resisted a barrage of Nigerian attacks.
Mary Dunstan then scored in the 70th minute to ease the tension on supporters of the Nigerian side that have shown remarkable improvement over the games.
Emily Delgado pulled one back for Mexico in added time, but her goal came too late to inspire a comeback as Nigeria held on to secure their place in the last eight.
