Goals from Oluwakemi Adegbuyi and substitute Precious Oscar earned Nigeria’s Flamingos a 2-0 win over Puerto Rico, in their second Group B game at the 2026 FIFA U-17 women’s World Cup in Morocco on Tuesday. The Flamingos needed to bounce back from their opening day 2-1 defeat to Poland. Up next the Flamingos is a difficult encounter with defending champions North Korea on Friday, October 23.
The North Koreans continued their impressive start to the tournament, after hammering Poland 6-1 earlier on Tuesday. The Flamingos had their first attempt on goal in the second minute through Queen Joseph but she failed to hit the target. Six minutes later it wa the turn of Puerto Rico to go close but Mia Colon’s effort did not go in.
Flamingos captain Chidera Chidi also had an attempt on goal in the 16th minute but failed to find the back of the net. In the 38th minute Megan Rivera had a chance to draw her side level which went off target. Five minutes into the second half Tosin Rafiu went close to making 2-0 but couldn’t convert her chance. In the 58th minute it was the turn of Queen Joseph which was also missed.
Goal scorer Adegbuyi went close to getting her second of the game in the 69th minute only to see her effort go off target. Puerto Rico launched an attack of their own and Caroline Rivera went close but failed to find the back of the net. With less than 10 minutes remaining Puerto Rico created scoring opportunities but missed.
Then in the 93rd minute Oscar got the all important second goal to seal the three points for the Flamingos.