Late Goal Seals Victory For Flamingos Against Dominican Republic, Tops Group A

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Late Goal Seals Victory For Flamingos Against Dominican Republic, Tops Group A

This is a promise that we made to them before we left Nigeria, and we are fulfilling the promise to them for them to be proud of us.” The victory over the Dominican Republic was witnessed by a record-breaking crowd of 13,535 spectators, the highest attendance for any Dominican Republic national team match, according to the official FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup X handle.

The match, played early Wednesday in Santo Domingo, saw Moshood’s powerful left-footed strike from 25 yards beat the Dominican goalkeeper, marking her fourth goal of the tournament.

Earlier in the game, Moshood had an attempt ruled offside by the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) just 15 minutes in, while team captain Taiwo Afolabi forced the Dominican goalkeeper into a save shortly after..

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