{"id":5969,"date":"2026-11-01T21:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T21:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/2026-u-17-wwc-venezuela-coach-reacts-to-defeat-against-flamingos\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T21:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T21:32:40","slug":"2026-u-17-wwc-venezuela-coach-reacts-to-defeat-against-flamingos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/2026-u-17-wwc-venezuela-coach-reacts-to-defeat-against-flamingos\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 U-17 WWC: Venezuela Coach Reacts To Defeat Against Flamingos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela head coach Dayana Fr\u00edas has reflected on her side\u2019s narrow defeat to Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos in the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup, <a href=\"http:\/\/Completesports.com\">Completesports.com<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>The South Americans crashed out of the competition following a 1-0 loss to Nigeria, who secured their place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>Although Venezuela struggled to match the Flamingos\u2019 intensity, La Vinotinto put up a determined defensive performance, keeping the Nigerian side at bay for much of the encounter.<\/p>\n<p>The game appeared destined for a penalty shootout before Nigeria were awarded a late spot-kick after Venezuela defender Migleydys Bolsegui was adjudged to have fouled Oluebube Umejiaku.<\/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>Azeezat Oduntan stepped up and calmly converted the penalty to hand Nigeria a crucial victory and book their place in the last four.<\/p>\n<h3>Fr\u00edas Reflects On Defeat To Flamingos<\/h3>\n<p>Fr\u00edas admitted that a costly mistake proved decisive but expressed satisfaction with her team\u2019s overall performance and development throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a good performance overall, but I think we made one mistake and paid for it. As for the experience, it\u2019s been really beautiful and rewarding,\u201d Fr\u00edas told <a href=\"http:\/\/fifa.com\">FIFA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy to see how much they\u2019ve grown and how they\u2019ve developed as footballers throughout the tournament. We also have seven players who are eligible to play again next year, so I think they\u2019re ready to come back and keep growing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela head coach Dayana Fr\u00edas has reflected on her side\u2019s narrow defeat to Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos in the quarter-finals of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup, Completesports.com reports. The South&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-5969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5969","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=5969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}