group game at the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup on
Tuesday. Chinwendu Ihezuo scored five and assisted for three other goals to
post a man-of-the-match display for Nigeria. Ihezuo, who scored against Canada, opened scoring in the fifth minute.
Three minutes later it was 2-0 with Oluchi Ofoebu squaring from inside
the box to see Halimatu Ayinde squeeze her effort under Aytaj
Sharifova. The third goal came when Ihezuo laid the ball off for Tessy Biahwo to fire from the edge of the box. Ayinde
then made one and scored her second, laying the first on for Aminat Yakubu, before Ihezuo turned provider. Ihezuo then doubled her own tally, Yakubu crossing for her to put in at the far post. Ayinde missed the chance
to complete her hat-trick when she missed an untended goal, but her pass in the 37 minute saw Ihezuo
complete hers. The tune didn’t change after half-time, Ihezuo netting her fourth after Ebere Okoye’s neat through-ball.
Substitute Joy Bokiri then got in on the act, converting Ayinde’s cross. Ihezuo got her fifth, rising to head Biahwo’s deep free-kick, before roles reversed as the midfielder curled an
effort into the bottom corner for the final goal. The Nigerian girls are now top of Group A with four points after Canada managed to scrape past Colombia 1-0
in the earlier game of the
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