{"id":12168,"date":"2022-10-30T21:54:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T20:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=12168"},"modified":"2022-10-30T21:58:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T20:58:08","slug":"fifa-under-17-womens-world-cup-nigerias-flamingos-beat-germany-to-win-bronze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/fifa-under-17-womens-world-cup-nigerias-flamingos-beat-germany-to-win-bronze\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA Under-17 Women\u2019s World Cup: Nigeria’s Flamingos beat Germany to win bronze"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nigeria won her first-ever FIFA Under-17 Women\u2019s World Cup bronze medals on Sunday, October 31, 2022, in Mumbai after a 3-2 penalty kicks shootout win over Germany.<\/p>\n
Both teams had started the competition against each other, with the Germans coming back from a goal down to win 2-1 at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa.<\/p>\n
But, this time around, in spite of coming back from three goals down, they failed to clinch a winning goal and could not succeed at the shooting range.<\/p>\n
The Europeans, who lost through a late goal to Cup-holders Spain in Wednesday\u2019s second semi-final, started the brighter side in this third-place match.<\/p>\n
They had the ball in the net through Marie Steiner in the fifth\u00a0minute off a cross from Laura Gloning, but the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) ruled if offside.<\/p>\n
Nigeria however took the lead in the 21st<\/sup>\u00a0minute through Opeyemi Ajakaye, after she got the better of Eve Boettcher from a flowing move.<\/p>\n ALSO READ:\u00a0Nigeria beat USA to qualify for maiden FIFA U17 Women\u2019s World Cup semifinals<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Goalkeeper Faith Omilana saved from Gloning five minutes later, while Nigeria should have been 2-0 up in time-added-on in the first half after Chidera Okenwa missed a one-on-one with Boettcher.<\/p>\n The Flamingos continued the second half from where they left off in the first period and were more fortunate this time.<\/p>\n Aminat Bello headed powerfully into the net from defender Miracle Usani\u2019s corner kick in the 48th<\/sup>\u00a0minute, while\u00a0Edidiong Etim extended their lead only four minutes after replacing Okenwa.<\/p>\n But Germany fought back gamely and reduced the scoreline in the 73rd<\/sup>\u00a0minute when Veit Jella pulled one back.<\/p>\n Five minutes later, Ajakaye had an opportunity to make it 4-1 but faltered.<\/p>\n Paulina Platiner made it 3-2 with five minutes to go and on the dot of 90 minutes, Loreen Bender tied the scoreline to compel a third penalty kicks shootout for the Flamingos.<\/p>\n Substitutes Blessing Sunday and Etim, and Player-of-the-Match Ajakaye scored from the spot for Nigeria, while defender Tumininu Adeshina missed.<\/p>\n But it did not matter as Pauliner Bartz missed a crucial kick for Germany.<\/p>\n Flamingos\u2019 coach Bankole Olowookere said afterwards: \u201cI am a very happy man that we did not leave India empty-handed.<\/p>\n \u201cIt has been a great tournament with a lot of lessons learnt. We give God the glory.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nigeria won her first-ever FIFA Under-17 Women\u2019s World Cup bronze medals on Sunday, October 31, 2022, in Mumbai after a 3-2 penalty kicks shootout win over Germany. Both teams had started the competition against each […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,2],"tags":[2417,534,41],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-12168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-sports","9":"category-top-news","10":"tag-fifa-u-17-world-cup","11":"tag-germany","12":"tag-nigeria"},"yoast_head":"\n