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By Harry Awurumibe, Editor-in-Chief, Abuja
The Falconets’ delegation will return to Nigeria on Monday morning. The Falconets’ delegation will return to Nigeria on Monday morning. Nigeria midfielder Taiwo Afolabi (left) contests the ball with She-Amavubi players in Kigali on Sunday.
Nigeria’s U’20 women’s football team Falconets, pipped hosts Rwanda’s She-Amavubi 1-0 in a 2026 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup second round, first leg qualifying match in Kigali on Sunday Sportsrev reports.
Both teams fought hard on the pitch of the Kigali-Pele Stadium, located in the Nyamirambo district of the city, but there was no breakthrough for either side in a gritty first 45 minutes.
Alaba Olabiyi scored from a goalmouth scramble off a corner kick in the 70th minute to give Nigeria victory and put smiles on the face of Head Coach Moses Aduku in his first outing with the team.
Both teams will clash in the return leg encounter slated for Lekan Salami Stadium, Ibadan, on Saturday, September 27, 2025.
The Falconets’ delegation will return to Nigeria on Monday morning via Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos before heading to Ibadan to set up camp ahead of the return leg encounter next weekend.