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Esther Onyenezide’s goal in the 83rd minute gives Falconets 1-0 victory against South Korea, with 6 points qualify for quarterfinals.

Nigeria's Falconets beat South Korea 1-0, qualify for quarterfinals | Pulse Nigeria

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Tosin Abayomi

<a href="https://www.pulse.ng/sports/sports-gist/falconets-land-in-costa-rica-for-2022-fifa-u-20-womens-world-cup/bx7m2n4">Nigeria's under 20 women's national team known as the Falconets</a> booked a place in the quarterfinals of the 10th FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup finals ongoing in Costa Rica.

The team led by Chris Danjuma recorded a 1-0 victory against South Korea in their second group game played on Sunday, August 14, 2022.

South Korea defeated Canada 2-0 in their first match while <a href="https://www.pulse.ng/sports/sports-gist/nigerias-falconets-defeat-france-1-0-in-the-rain-at-fifa-u-w0-wwc/t2gss0c">the Falconets started their tournament with a 1-0 win against European champions France</a>.

A place in the quarterfinals was at stake when both sides met at the Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela.

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Esther Onyenezide’s goal in the 83rd minute gives Falconets 1-0 victory against South Korea

Just like the first game against France, the Falconets were unable to break the South Korean defense in the first half.

In the 54th minute, Esther Onyenezide’s shot from the right side was parried away by Yoonji Do.

Oyono Omini, in goal for Nigeria also had to parry away a fierce 25 –yard shot unleashed by Eunyoung Lee in the 64th minute.

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Another angle of the long range super strike by Onyenezide South Korea 🇰🇷 0-1 Nigeria 🇳🇬 📲 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KORNGA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KORNGA</a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SoarFalconets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SoarFalconets</a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/U20WWC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#U20WWC</a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeCountOnYou?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeCountOnYou</a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Team9jaStrong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Team9jaStrong</a>| <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamNigeria?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TeamNigeria</a> |<a href="https://twitter.com/thenff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thenff</a> <a href="https://t.co/qvRIVEFljv">pic.twitter.com/qvRIVEFljv</a>&mdash; DEAN FOOTBALL⚽ (@DEANFOOTBALL1) <a href="https://twitter.com/DEANFOOTBALL1/status/1558953150786293761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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There was little to choose between the two teams until the 83rd minute when midfielder Onyenezide’s curled a shot past Do.

The Falconets celebrated the goal by dancing to the hit song Buga by Kizz Daniel.

<div class="embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">WHAT. A. GOAL. 😱 6 points in Group C and a bit closer to the quarter-finals for the <a href="https://twitter.com/NGSuper_Falcons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NGSuper_Falcons</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/U20WWC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#U20WWC</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VamosJuntas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VamosJuntas</a> <a href="https://t.co/Hsa115KMUu">pic.twitter.com/Hsa115KMUu</a>&mdash; FIFA Women&#39;s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) <a href="https://twitter.com/FIFAWWC/status/1558973040268017666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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It was the only goal of the match as Hayeon Mu missed from a corner kick and Garam Chun hit the upright from a free-kick.

The defense of kept things tight at the back even and in midfield Mercy Idoko, Onyenezide and Bashirat Amoo worked tirelessly.

The Falconets now take on Canada in their final group

The Falconets held on for all three points and booked a place in the quarterfinals with two victories from two games.

The Falconets now take on Canada in their final group game scheduled for the early hours of Thursday, August 18, 2022.

Nigeria's Falconets beat South Korea 1-0, qualify for quarterfinals

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