Nigeria U-17 girls have been knocked out by Italy in the ongoing U-17 Women World Cup going on Morocco on Tuesday evening, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports.
The Flamingos that qualified to the round of 16 via the best loser slot suffered their third defeat in the competition after a 0-4 loss
Italy maintained their unbeaten run with goals from Anna Copelli, Caterina Venturelli, Giulia Robino, and Rachele Giudici to advance to the quarterfinals along with the Netherlands, Brazil and Korea DPR.
Copelli opened score on 45 minutes to give the Italians the lead at the break.
Venturelli doubled the lead on 58 minutes before Giulia Robino scorer the third five minutes as the Italians took total control of the game.
Giudici completed the rout on 90+2 minutes.
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