{"id":12107,"date":"2026-11-07T21:30:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T21:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/fifa-u-17-wwc-its-a-dream-come-true-flamingos-coach-celebrates-nigerias-triumph-over-japan\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T21:30:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T21:30:52","slug":"fifa-u-17-wwc-its-a-dream-come-true-flamingos-coach-celebrates-nigerias-triumph-over-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/07\/fifa-u-17-wwc-its-a-dream-come-true-flamingos-coach-celebrates-nigerias-triumph-over-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA U-17 WWC: &#8216;It&#8217;s A Dream Come True&#8217; &#8211;Flamingos Coach Celebrates Nigeria&#8217;s Triumph Over Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flamingos head coach Akeem Busari has described Nigeria\u2019s FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup victory as a \u201cdream come true\u201d after his side secured a 2\u20131 win against Japan in the final in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Awawu Bashiru and Oluebube Umejiaku sealed the victory, making the Flamingos the first African team ever to win the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/fifa-u-17-wwc-flamingos-beat-japan-2-1-to-claim-first-ever-title\/\">FIFA U-17 WWC: Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos Beat Japan 2-1 To Claim First-Ever Title<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bashiru put Nigeria ahead in the 39th minute off a setup from Mary Dunstan before Umejiaku doubled the lead early in the second half, latching onto Esther Stephen\u2019s lofted pass and lifting a clever finish over Japan goalkeeper Kadowaki.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a late response from Japan\u2019s Fuki Ito in the 80th minute, Nigeria\u2019s defensive line stood strong to see out the match.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/injury-concern-for-super-eagles-as-ajayi-suffers-knock-in-hull-citys-1-0-defeat-at-arsenal\/\">Injury Concern For Super Eagles As Ajayi Suffers Knock In Hull City\u2019s 1-0 Defeat At Arsenal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reacting in his post-match interview with FIFA.com, Busari commended the squad\u2019s combative spirit:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe came together to fight this battle like gladiators,\u201d Busari stated. \u201cI told the players that if we gave everything, we would smile at the end. Today we are smiling because effort brings fruitful success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flamingos head coach Akeem Busari has described Nigeria\u2019s FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup victory as a \u201cdream come true\u201d after his side secured a 2\u20131 win against Japan in the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}