A karon farko, Najeriya za ta buga wasan ƙarshe na gasar cin kofin duniya ta FIFA ta mata ’yan ƙasa da shekara 17. Flamingos sun doke Brazil 3–1 ranar Laraba, 4 Nuwamba. Bayan an tafi hutun rabin lokaci babu ƙwallo, Najeriya ta yi nasara a rabin lokaci na biyu a Mohammed VI Football Complex a Morocco. Za ta kara da Japan, wadda ta tsallake ɗayan wasan kusa da na ƙarshe.
Queen Joseph ta fara zura ƙwallo a minti na 56. Wannan ya sauya yanayin wasan, bayan Najeriya ta samu damar cin ƙwallaye amma ba ta yi amfani da su ba. Rahoton hukumar ƙwallon ƙafar Najeriya ya ambaci Oluwakemi Adegbuyi da Oluebube Umejiaku cikin waɗanda suka kai hari da wuri. Ya kuma bayyana yadda mai tsaron raga ta tare ƙoƙarin Joseph a rabin lokaci na farko.
Awawu Bashiru ta ƙara wa Najeriya tazara mai faɗi. ’Yar wasan tsakiyar ta ci a minti na 71 da kuma na 80, inda Flamingos suka jagoranci wasan da ƙwallaye uku. Tsakanin waɗannan ƙwallayen akwai mintuna tara. Saboda haka ƙwallon da Brazil ta ci a ƙarshen wasan bai kawar da dukkan tazarar ba. Greise Kelly ta ci wa Brazil a minti na 89.
Wannan sakamakon ya zarce matsayi na uku da Najeriya ta samu a India a 2022, wanda shi ne mafi kyawunta a wannan gasa kafin yanzu. Wannan ne wasan ƙarshe na farko ga tawagar mata ’yan ƙasa da shekara 17, ba magana game da dukkan tawagogin Najeriya ko dukkan gasannin FIFA ba. Nasarar wasan kusa da na ƙarshe ba ta sa Flamingos sun zama zakarun duniya ba; har yanzu akwai wasan neman kofin.
A wasan dab da na kusa da na ƙarshe ranar 1 Nuwamba, Najeriya ta doke Venezuela 1–0 da bugun fanareti da Azeezat Oduntan ta ci kusa da ƙarshe. A kan Brazil kuwa, ƙwallayen sun zo da wuri a rabin lokaci na biyu, daga ’yan wasa biyu. Wannan bambanci ya bayyana yadda Najeriya ta samu tikitin ƙarshe. Nasarorin biyu sun kai ta gaba a matakan fitar da wanda aka doke.
Abin da wannan yake nufi a gare ka. Yanzu Najeriya tana da tabbataccen wasan ƙarshe da za a bi, ba kawai yiwuwar kaiwa ba. Jadawalin FIFA ya nuna ranar Asabar, 7 Nuwamba. Japan ce abokiyar hamayya bayan ta doke DPR Korea a bugun fanareti. A duba shafin wasan na masu shirya gasar don bayanan kallo. Nasarar Laraba ta tabbatar da wasan, ba sakamakonsa ba.
