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Super Falconets Book Ticket To FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup

 

Nigeria’s U-20 women’s national team, the Super Falconets on Saturday evening qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica.

The Falconets defeated Senegal 4-1 at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City on Saturday and qualified 7-2 on aggregate.

Flourish Sebastine, scorer of a hat trick in the first leg two weeks ago, was again the heroine on Saturday evening as she scored a brace in the 8th and 19th minutes to deny the visitors of any hope of a comeback.

Esther Onyenezide made it three in the 25th minute after converting from the penalty spot. However, just as they did at home in Senegal, the Young Lionesses of Teranga scored from the spot as well, after one of their strikers was upended in the Nigerian box.

Just before the final whistle, Joy Jerry made it four for the Falconets.

The result sends the two-time FIFA World Cup runners-up straight to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, holding from 10th- 28th August, 2022 in Costa Rica.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.

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