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Rampaging Nigerian Falconets beat England 2-1 at the
Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton to finish as group winners at the ongoing Fifa
U20 Women’s World Cup in Canada.
SHOWBIZPLUSng learnt that goals from Loveth Ayila and Asisat
Oshoala ensured the Falconets overpowered the English girls who had taken an
early minute lead in the encounter.
Nikita Parris gave England the lead
in the fifth minute after receiving a pass from Hanna Blundell before putting
the ball past onrushing Nigeria goalkeeper Ibijoke Sangonuga from the edge of
the box.
Ayila brought the Africans in level
terms with four minutes to the end of the half time break as she beat her
marker with a skilful drag-back and shot powerfully from 25 yards with
goalkeeper Lizzie Durack failing to prevent the ball from sailing into the net
despite getting got a hand to it.
On resumption of the second half,
Dedevbo girls approached the game with all sense of urgency and got rewarded 14
minutes into the second half as they got a penalty after Oshoala was brought
down after dribbling into the penalty area. She stepped up to coolly side-foot
the resultant spot-kick into the bottom-right corner.
Nigeria, who will feature in their
third consecutive quarter-final, now tackle Group D runners-up New Zealand.
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