Nigeria’s Flamingos have been defeated 6-5 on penalties by Colombia, in the semi-final of the Under-17 FIFA Women’s World Cup in India, in what is a painful loss for the West Africans.
Going into this semi-final clash, the morale of the Nigerian players was boosted by the presence of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Ibrahim Gusau, who landed in India on Tuesday morning, October 25.
Nigeria started the game on a good note with couple of chances to have gone ahead but soon conceded dominance of the game to the Colombian girls who could have gone two goals ahead in the first half but thanks to the brilliance of Faith Omilana between the sticks for Nigeria.
The Colombian team came out strong in the second half, but Omilana was there to make sure that no goal slipped by her.
Opeyemi Ajakaye, who entered the game in the second half, also had a wonderful opportunity to put the Flamingos ahead, but Colombia’s goalie parried her attempt.
The game was subsequently decided by penalties, with Colombia missing their second attempt and Nigeria’s Edafe Omamuzo, who had scored the game-winning kick against the United States, hitting the woodwork.
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The Colombian girls would then rally back to score all of their penalty kicks with Comfort Folorunsho’s kick saved by the impressive Colombian goalkeeper to send Colombia through to the final 6-5 on penalties.
