The Nigeria team on Wednesday at the ongoing 10th FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica advanced to the quarter-finals in grand style.
The Falconets qualified by setting a World Cup group stage-perfect record for themselves after beating Canada 3-1 in Alajuela.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the feat enabled them to finish with a perfect nine points out of nine in Group C.
In spite of hard-fought victories over France and the Korean Republic, the Nigerian side were favourites to win the match even though they had already secured a final eight place.
They did concede their first goal of the competition in the match, but they never looked back after drawing level thereafter.
Goalkeeper Omini Oyono’s poor management of a backpass from Jumoke Alani granted Kala Novak a fortuitous goal in less than two minutes after kick-off.
“It was great for us to come back from that setback, and also conceding first in the tournament.
“But we showed character and…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
