{"id":9382,"date":"2026-11-04T22:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T22:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/2026-u-17-wwc-playing-in-the-final-is-a-big-privilege-flamingos-goal-scorer-reacts-after-win-over-brazil\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T22:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T22:16:14","slug":"2026-u-17-wwc-playing-in-the-final-is-a-big-privilege-flamingos-goal-scorer-reacts-after-win-over-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/2026-u-17-wwc-playing-in-the-final-is-a-big-privilege-flamingos-goal-scorer-reacts-after-win-over-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 U-17 WWC: &#8216;Playing In The Final Is A Big Privilege&#8217; &#8211;Flamingos Goal Scorer Reacts After Win Over Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos star Queen Joseph has expressed her delight after securing a place in the final of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>She reacted after scoring in Nigeria\u2019s decisive 3\u20131 semi-final victory over Brazil on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2026-u-17-wwc-bashiru-wins-player-of-the-match-in-flamingos-outstanding-victory-over-brazil\/\">2026 U-17 WWC: Bashiru Wins Player Of The Match In Flamingos\u2019 Dominant Win Over Brazil<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joseph opened the scoring first before the Flamingos doubled their advantage in the 71st minute when Awawu Bashiru found the net following a crisp setup by Joseph. Bashiru struck again in the 80th minute to make it 3\u20130, converting a precise pass from Oluebube Umejiaku as Nigeria took total control of the match.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on the milestone in a post-match chat with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/en\/tournaments\/womens\/u17womensworldcup\/morocco-2026\/articles\/rabat-matchday-13-round-up\">FIFA.com<\/a>, Joseph emphasized that the team\u2019s achievement carries weight far beyond national borders.<\/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>\u201cI feel very happy. Playing in the final is a huge privilege, and representing my country on this stage means everything to me,\u201d Joseph said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m super proud of myself and my teammates because we made history. We are not just representing Nigeria here\u2014we are representing all of Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Flamingos star Queen Joseph has expressed her delight after securing a place in the final of the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women\u2019s World Cup in Morocco. She reacted after scoring&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-9382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9382","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=9382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}