2026 U-17 WWC: Busari reacts to Flamingos' victory over Mexico

Flamingos caput manager Akeem Busari has reacted to his team's 2-1 triumph implicit Mexico successful the Round of 16 of the ongoing 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, DAILY POST reports.

Nigeria overcame aboriginal unit from Miguel Gamero's broadside earlier securing triumph successful Thursday's encounter.

Oluebube Umejiaku opened the scoring for the Flamingos with a superb onslaught 5 minutes earlier half-time.

Mary Dunstan doubled Nigeria's vantage successful the 71st minute, putting the squad successful a comfy presumption earlier Emily Delgado pulled 1 backmost for Mexico heavy into stoppage time.

Reacting to the victory, Busari admitted that Mexico posed a hard situation but insisted that his squad remained competitory nether pressure.

He noted that knockout-stage matches astatine large tournaments often travel with accrued tactical demands and intensity, peculiarly for young players dealing with the anxiousness of elimination.

“When you travel into this benignant of competition, and you get to the knockout stages, it's much tactical and there's a batch of strength progressive due to the fact that they're young and anxiousness comes due to the fact that it's the knockout stage. Today was a pugnacious game, but we're nary pushovers,” Busari told FIFA.

2026 U-17 WWC: Busari reacts to Flamingos' triumph implicit Mexico

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