The Nigerian Under-17 women’s football team, Flamingos, on Sunday, beat Germany 3-2 on penalties to win bronze at the World Cup in India.
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| Nigeria’s Flamingos celebrate after defeating Germany to clinch the consolatory bronze medal in the final of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup in India on October 30, 2022. |
The Flamingos surrendered a 3-0 lead to the Germans but went on to win 3-2 in the shootout.
The Germans missed three of their efforts while the Flamingos saw one of their effort saved.
Opeyemi Ajakaye, Aminat Bello and Edidiong Etim were the scorers for Nigeria while Jella Viet, Paulina Platiner and Loreen Bender netted for the European U-17 champions.
Recall the Germans came from a goal down to beat the Flamingos 2-1 in their opening game in the tournament.
In the 48th minute Bello doubled the Flamingos’ lead after nodding in a corner.
The Flamingos continued to press for more goals and were rewarded on 63 minutes this time off the boot of substitute Etim.
Germany pulled a goal back through Jella Viet in the 73rd minute.
In the 88th minute, Platiner got Germany’s second before Bender got the third on 90 minutes.
It was also the third penalty shootout for the Flamingos in the tournament. They lost the semi-final against Colombia after penalties and had earlier defeated the US on penalties to reach that feat.
In six matches, the Nigerians won four and lost two. This was also the first time the West Africans reached the semi-final of the competition.
Sunday’s win makes Nigeria the second African side to have clinched bronze after Ghana won it in 2012.
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