Nigeria, Feb. 8 -- Nigeria's Falconets secured a narrow but important 1-0 victory over Senegal on Saturday to take a slim advantage into the second leg of their third-round qualifier for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland.

Playing at home in Abeokuta, the perennial World Cup contenders dominated large spells of the encounter, creating several scoring chances.

Unfortunately, the Falconets found the net just once through substitute Kindness Ifeanyi in the second half. The result leaves the tie delicately balanced ahead of next week's return leg in Dakar.

The Falconets went into the match under pressure, having been reminded by head coach Moses Aduku in the build-up that "every match is a final" at this stage of qualification....