Naịjirịa abanyela na ọkwa asatọ ikpeazụ nke iko mba ụwa FIFA maka ụmụ agbọghọ na-erubeghị afọ 17 na Morocco, mgbe ha meriri Mexico 2–1 na Tọzdee. Oluebube Umejiaku na Mary Dunstan gbara goolu ndị mere ka njem Flamingos gaa n’ihu n’akụkụ ikpeazụ nke asọmpi ahụ.
Umejiaku nyere Naịjirịa goolu mbụ na nkeji 39. Dunstan tinyere nke abụọ na nkeji 70, mee ka ọdịiche bụrụ goolu abụọ tupu Emily Delgado agbatara Mexico otu n’oge mgbakwunye nke ọkara nke abụọ. Naịjirịa chekwara mmeri ha ruo ọgwụgwụ egwuregwu nke otu iri na isii.
Nsonaazụ a gara n’ihu n’ịlaghachi ike ha mgbe Poland meriri Naịjirịa 2–1 n’egwuregwu mbụ nke otu. Flamingos mechara merie Puerto Rico 2–0 na North Korea 3–1, kwụsị nke abụọ na Group B nwere isi isii tupu ha emerie Mexico.
Venezuela bụ ndị ha ga-ezute ọzọ, n’egwuregwu a haziri maka Sọnde, Nọvemba 1. Ndị South America ahụ ruru ọkwa a mgbe ha meriri Germany 1–0. Naịjirịa chọrọ mmeri ọzọ iji ruo ọkara ikpeazụ; mmeri Mexico enyeghị ha nrite ugbu a.
Usoro nsonaazụ ahụ agbanweela otú njem Naịjirịa dị ma e jiri ya tụnyere abalị mbụ. Mmeri atọ n’usoro esochiela mfu mbụ ahụ. Naịjirịa agbakwala goolu n’egwuregwu anọ niile, ihe ndabere ọma maka mwakpo ka ndị otu fọdụrụ na-ebelata.
Ajụjụ banyere nchebe ka dị n’agbanyeghị ume a. Goolu Mexico n’oge ikpeazụ agbanweghị onye meriri, mana o belatara ọdịiche mgbe oge nzaghachi fọrọ nke nta ka ọ gwụ. Ichekwa ndu ga-anọgide dị mkpa n’asọmpi ebe obere oge adịghị mma nwere ike ịkwụsị njem.
Maka ndị na-akwado ha, egwuregwu Sọnde bụ ebumnuche ọzọ doro anya. Naịjirịa agafela egwuregwu otu na nke iri na isii. Ọrụ ugbu a bụ iji ntụkwasị obi mmeri ndị gara aga zute onye ọhụrụ, na-enweghị iche na nsonaazụ mbụ ga-ekpebi egwuregwu na-esote.