By Mike Oyebola Nigeria’s Falconets defeated France 1-0 in their opening Group C game at the U-20 FIFA Women’s World Cup on Friday m...
By Mike Oyebola
Nigeria’s Falconets defeated France 1-0 in their opening
Group C game at the U-20 FIFA Women’s World Cup on Friday morning.
Flourish Sabastine scored the decisive goal five minutes
from time.
Both teams battled hard in the opening exchanges, with
France carving out the first real chance on 10 minutes through captain Laurina
Fraiser.
The game was stopped in the 20th minute by centre-referee
Francia Gonzalez due to heavy rain.
France troubled the Falconets defence for the remainder of
the first half but were let down by their poor marksmanship.
In the 54th minute, Esther Onyenezide tried a long range
left foot shot but it was well saved by the French keeper.
Falconets had a big chance on 58 minutes through Mercy
Idoko, but she was denied by France keeper.
France had a goal chalked off for offside nine minutes from
time after the referee consulted VAR.
Sabastine fired home the winning goal five minutes from time
after she teed up a delightful pass from Mercy Idoko.
Chris Danjuma’s side will take on Korea Republic in their
next Group C game on Sunday night.
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