RABAT HISTORY MADE : AFRICA RISES! NIGERIA IS WORLD CHAMPION!
GREATRIBUNETVNEWS –NO African Team Had Ever Done It. On Saturday, Our Girls Did It.
RABAT, MOROCCO— Close your eyes and picture it.
Pitch 3, Mohammed VI Football Complex. The sun blazing. The tension choking the air. Japan — the Little Nadeshiko, cool, clinical, champions in waiting — standing in Nigeria’s way.
And then, a nation held its breath.
39th minute. A pass from Mary Dunstan. A strike from Awawu Bashiru. The net ripples. Nigeria 1-0. The bench erupts. A continent erupts.
The second half begins. Japan is pressing, pushing, hunting. But Nigeria is not here to fear.
47th minute. Esther Stephen finds Oluebube Umejiaku. One touch. One finish. Nigeria 2-0. The dream is now real.
Japan pulled one back. They stretched our backline to its limit. They threw everything at us. Our girls bent — but they refused to break.
The final whistle blew. Tears. Screams. Hugs. The green and white flag flying highest in Morocco.
For the first time in history, an African team has lifted the FIFA Women’s World Cup at any level. And it is Nigeria. It is the Flamingos.
THE HISTORY:
“Nigeria’s junior women’s football team, the Flamingos on Saturday made history as the first-ever African side to win the FIFA Women’s World Cup at any level after a 2-1 defeat of Japan’s Little Nadeshiko in the epic final of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup finals decided at Pitch 3 of Mohammed VI Football Complex in Rabat, Morocco.”
THE SCORE:
“Nigeria Beat Japan 2-1 To Become 1st African Nation To Lift FIFA U-17 WWC”
THE GOALS:
“Two goals in each half scored by midfielder Awawu Bashiru in the 39th minute assisted by Mary Dunstan and Oluebube Umejiaku assisted by Esther Stephen in the 47th minute helped to get Nigeria over the line in the high-tension match which stretched the Flamingos backline.”
THE BOTTOM LINE:
They were not just playing Japan. They were playing history. And they won.
Although the Japanese pulled one back through Fuki ITO in the 80th minute, the coach Busari Hakeem Ishola wards kept pushing forward while defending resolutely till the end of the match
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