Falconets pummel South Africa 8 – 0, earns world cup spot 

Nigeria ’s U- 20 women ’ s national team the

Falconets on Saturday defeated South Africa’s

Basetsana 6 – 0 to qualify for the France 2018 U- 20

Women’s World Cup .

The Falconets thus defeated their South African

counterpart 8 – 0 on aggregate in the final

qualifiers , having won the first led 2 – 0 in

Polokwane a fortnight ago .

Goals from Monday Gift , Rasheedat Ajibade , Imo

Mary and Ucheibe Onyenaturuchi were enough for

the Nigerian side to seal the victory at the Samuel

Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City .

Monday opened scoring for the Falconets after

seven minutes with an assist from Rashedaat

Ajibade .

Ajibade then turned scorer in the 21st minute. Five

minutes later Anam Imo made it 3 – 0 off a rebound,

before Ajibade got her brace in the 32nd minute .

Monday then got her own brace on 39 minutes .

However, Monday was sent off three minutes from

time after a second booking for a poor tackle .

The coach of the Falconets , Christopher Danjuma,

expressed satisfaction with the performance of his

team .

He stated, “ Having beaten a team (South Africa) by

two goals (in Polokwane ) nobody wanted to bow

down in a World Cup qualifier. The statements

they (South Africa) kept making helped us a lot .

Rather than making us to rest on our laurels, they

made us to work even harder. ”

Basetsana, Maud Khumalo, congratulated the

Falconets, who she said had the home advantage

and experience .