{"id":5957,"date":"2026-11-01T21:00:50","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T21:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/2026-u-17-wwc-nkwocha-wins-player-of-the-match-in-flamingos-win-against-venezuela\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T21:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T21:00:50","slug":"2026-u-17-wwc-nkwocha-wins-player-of-the-match-in-flamingos-win-against-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/2026-u-17-wwc-nkwocha-wins-player-of-the-match-in-flamingos-win-against-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 U-17 WWC: Nkwocha Wins Player Of The match In Flamingos&#8217; Win Against Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos star Favour Nkwocha put in an outstanding midfield display to earn the Player of the Match award as Nigeria secured a hard-fought 1\u20130 victory over Venezuela in the quarter-finals of the ongoing 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>A late penalty coolly converted by Aishat Oduntan in the 89th minute proved decisive, breaking the deadlock and sending the Nigerian youngsters through to the last four at the Mohammed VI Football Academy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/fifa-u-17-wwc-dominant-flamingos-defeat-venezuela-set-up-semifinal-clash-with-brazil\/\">FIFA U-17 WWC: Dominant Flamingos Defeat Venezuela 1-0, Set Up Semifinal Clash With Brazil<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nkwocha, who showcased great composure and intelligence in the heart of the midfield throughout the match, anchored the side brilliantly despite picking up an early yellow card in the 24th minute of the encounter.<\/p>\n<p>The Flamingos produced an impressive attacking performance overall, registering 19 shot attempts to Venezuela\u2019s six, even as both sides shared an even 50 percent of possession across the 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>This crucial win marks another major milestone in Nigeria\u2019s tournament campaign as the Flamingos continue their quest for a historic first U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup title.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos star Favour Nkwocha put in an outstanding midfield display to earn the Player of the Match award as Nigeria secured a hard-fought 1\u20130 victory over Venezuela in the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5957","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\/5957","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=5957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}