{"id":3690,"date":"2026-10-29T19:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/2026-u-17-wwc-today-was-a-tough-game-but-we-are-no-pushovers-flamingos-coach-reacts-to-win-against-mexico\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T19:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T19:34:07","slug":"2026-u-17-wwc-today-was-a-tough-game-but-we-are-no-pushovers-flamingos-coach-reacts-to-win-against-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/2026-u-17-wwc-today-was-a-tough-game-but-we-are-no-pushovers-flamingos-coach-reacts-to-win-against-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 U-17 WWC: &#8216;Today Was A Tough Game, But We Are No Pushovers&#8217; &#8211;Flamingos Coach Reacts To Win Against Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos head coach Akeem Busari has acknowledged the immense difficulty of his side\u2019s victory over Mexico, praising his players\u2019 resilience after securing a quarter-final berth at the ongoing 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The Flamingos took control of the match in the 40th minute when Oluebube Umejiaku broke the deadlock with a clinical strike, rewarding Nigeria\u2019s persistent first-half dominance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-umejiaku-awarded-player-of-the-match-in-flamingos-victory-over-mexico\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: Umejiaku Awarded Player Of The Match In Flamingos\u2019 Victory Over Mexico<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Busari\u2019s side maintained their tactical composure after the restart and extended their lead in the 72nd minute through Mary Akpan Dunstan, placing the team in a commanding position to seal qualification.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico mounted a frantic late comeback, pulling a goal back through Emily Delgado in the 10th minute of stoppage time, but the Nigerian defense stood firm to preserve the 2-1 win and secure a spot in the last eight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/fifa-u-17-wwc-flamingos-beat-mexico-2-1-set-up-quarterfinal-clash-with-venezuela\/\">FIFA U-17 WWC: Flamingos Beat Mexico 2-1, Set Up Quarterfinal Clash With Venezuela<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the intense battle in a post-match interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/en\/tournaments\/womens\/u17womensworldcup\/morocco-2026\/articles\/rabat-matchday-11-round-up\">FIFA.com<\/a>, Busari admitted that the high stakes of the knockout rounds brought added pressure, but insisted his team proved their mental toughness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you come into this kind of competition, and you get to the knockout stages, it\u2019s more tactical and there\u2019s a lot of intensity involved because they\u2019re young and anxiety comes,\u201d Busari said. \u201cToday was a tough game, but we\u2019re no pushovers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos head coach Akeem Busari has acknowledged the immense difficulty of his side\u2019s victory over Mexico, praising his players\u2019 resilience after securing a quarter-final berth at the ongoing 2026&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690","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=3690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}