{"id":9337,"date":"2026-11-04T21:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/2026-u-17-wwc-bashiru-wins-player-of-the-match-in-flamingos-victory-over-brazil\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T21:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:01:21","slug":"2026-u-17-wwc-bashiru-wins-player-of-the-match-in-flamingos-victory-over-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/2026-u-17-wwc-bashiru-wins-player-of-the-match-in-flamingos-victory-over-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 U-17 WWC: Bashiru Wins Player Of The Match In Flamingos&#8217; Victory Over Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s U-17 Women\u2019s National Team star Awawu Bashiru produced an outstanding individual performance, scoring a brilliant second-half brace to earn the Player of the Match award in the Flamingos\u2019 3\u20131 victory over Brazil in the semi-finals of the ongoing 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian youngster proved to be a constant thorn in the side of the South American defense throughout the encounter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/fifa-u-17-wwc-flamingos-defeat-brazil-3-1-to-reach-first-ever-final\/\">FIFA U-17 WWC: Flamingos Defeat Brazil 3-1 To Reach First-Ever Final<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Operating at the heart of every dangerous attacking move launched by the Flamingos, Bashiru\u2019s relentless movement and sharp decision-making kept Brazil\u2019s backline under relentless pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Bashiru\u2019s brilliance paid off in the 71st minute when she netted Nigeria\u2019s second goal to break the deadlock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/euromatch-npfl-rivers-united-hit-with-n15m-suspended-fine\/\">Euromatch NPFL: Rivers United Hit With N15m Suspended Fine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She capped off her stellar display in the 80th minute, coolly converting a precise pass from teammate Oluebube Umejiaku to double her tally and put the match completely beyond Brazil\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n<p>The decisive victory secures the Flamingos a place in the FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup final, as Nigeria continues their dominant campaign on Moroccan soil.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s U-17 Women\u2019s National Team star Awawu Bashiru produced an outstanding individual performance, scoring a brilliant second-half brace to earn the Player of the Match award in the Flamingos\u2019 3\u20131&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9337","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\/9337","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=9337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}