By Akinwale Kasali
Nigerians, Sunday morning rose up not remembering hunger, power failure, no fuel no gas, hardship. Instead, they, in unison, rose up to celebrate the teenagers who, the previous night, made Nigeria proud on a world stage.
Nigeria’s Flamingos made history Saturday night when they were crowned the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup Champions for the first time after defeating Japan 2-1 in a pulsating encounter.
The celebration began Friday night after the girls took the world by storm. And, congratulations came from left, right and centre like claps of thunder – from President Bola Tinubu, First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, Peter Obi, Political Parties, FIFA President, and more!
Goals from Awawu Bashiru and Oluebube Umejiaku was all the Nigerian side needed to become the first African Country in the history of the competition to win the coveted award.
The victory capped a remarkable campaign by the Nigerian youngsters, who have made history as the first African team to win the tournament.
The triumph also surpasses Nigeria’s previous best performance at the competition, a third-place finish.
The Flamingos started the competition with a 2-1 loss to Poland in the Group Stage, before recording victories against Puerto Rico and highly rated Korea DPR, who are also the defending champions of the Competition.
Having finished second in the Group behind eventual Grouo winners, Korea DPR, the Flamingos defeated Mexico 2-1 in the Round of 16, humbled Venezuela 1-0 in the Quarter Finals, before demystifying Brazil 3-1 in the Semi-finals to Cement a place in the Finals.
The victory shows the resilience, commitment, passion, patriotism and dedication of the Coach Hakeem Busari lads.
It also puts Nigeria on the world map in Female Football, as the team remains the best in the continent.
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