Asisat Oshoala scored four goals as the Nigeria Falconets beat North Korea 6-2 in the semi-finals of the FIFA U20 Women's World Cup in Moncton in Canada.
Oshoala took her goal tally in the tournament in Canada to seven, with four fantastic goals..
Courtney Dike got Nigeria off to the perfect start when she put the Falconets ahead just sixty-four seconds into the game.
Korea were shocked into action by conceding so early, and for most of the opening twenty minutes they controlled possession trying to find an equaliser, with the Falconets content to use their pace on the counter.
Korea were left to attempt long range attempts but were unable to hit the target.
Asisat Oshoala made it 2-0 to the Falconets on one of those counter attacks, breaking free in the 23rd minute, after disposessing a defender on the halfway line. She charged into the Korean half, rounded the keeper, and poked the ball home.
Five minutes later a defensive slip almost saw the Falconets make it three, but this time Dike shot over the goal.
Korea got back into the game on the half hour mark when Ri Un Sim ran onto a good long ball into the box and made no mistake in finding the back of the net.
In the 34th minute Oshoala went on another charging run down the right, and went down in the box, but the referee waved play on.
Korea continued to try play long balls into the box, looking for the equaliser, but despite a last minute goal mouth clearance, were unable to find it by half-time.
Dike almost started the second half just like the first, but a great one-handed save by Korean goalkeeper Kim Chol Ok denied her and Nigeria another goal.
In the 55th minute, with her first touch of the ball after replacing Dike, super sub Uchechi Sunday made it 3-1 when she reached Oshoala's cross to score her third goal of the tournament, from close range.
The best was yet to come though, in the 59th minute Ashoala got her second and Nigeria's fourth with a wonderful goal from the edge of the area, after a good run forward. 4-1
Two minutes later though, Korea were awarded a penalty for a handball by Ugo Nkoju, and Jon made no mistake from the spot to make it 4-2.
In the 68th minute Oshoala put it beyond doubt, as she completed her hat-trick, with another quality individual goal, controlling well as she broke into the box and beat the keeper. 5-2.
Sunday almost had her second in the 72nd minute but Chol Ok made an excellent save to deny her powerful shot.
In the end the Falconets proved too powerful for the Koreans, and Oshoala wrapped up the result, pouncing on a defensive error to poke the ball home past a helpless Chol Ok, to make it 6-2 in the 85th minute.
Falconets Starters: Chiichii; Njoku, Nnodim, Abasi, Okoye; Igbinovia, Halimatu, Oshoala; Ihezuo, Courtney, Ayila
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