BOGOTA, Colombia – The Nigeria U20 women’s national team, the Falconets, lost (1-3) to the firepower of Germany in their second Group D game in Bogota.
With the loss, the Nigerian side have lost to Germany for the fourth time.
Without wasting time, from the blast of the whistle, Germany dominated and pressed very hard in the first half until in the 17th minute when Zicai got an assist after she lobbed a pass inside her opponents 18-yard box for Alara Sehita’s nod resulting to the first goal.
Nigeria Chiamaka Okwuchukwu laced a shot for Nigeria’s equalizer in the 50th minute making the scoreline 1-1 before she was later substituted in the last minute of the match.
Germany then pumped in two more goals to win the match, first it was Zicar again who gave Sofie Zdebel of Leverkusen the ball to score in the 61st minute before substitute Sarah Ernst took advantage of a defensive blunder to blast in the winning goal in the 90+2nd minute and the Nigerians wore long looks having realized the match was now irredeemable.
Coach Danjuma Musa did not wait for a return to the locker room when he scolded his players’ right there on the pitch.
Germany had in the first match beaten Venezuela 5-2 while Nigeria pipped South Korea by a lone goal. South Korea will on Saturday 7th at 2100 hours face Germany while Nigeria at the same time will test might against Venezuela.
Germany temporarily tops group D with 6 points and +5 goals difference; Nigeria are second with 3 points and -1 goals difference; South Korea, yet to play a second game is 3rd with zero point and -1 goals difference while Venezuela is at the bottom with zero point and -3 goals difference.
