Falconets lose out to the USA on technical flaws

The Nigerian U-20 women’s team will have to settle for third or fourth place after they were beaten in the semi-finals.
Revenge will have been sweet for the USA as they beat the Falconets of Nigeria 2-0 on Thursday in Japan at the on-going FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. Nigeria had all the possession – about 60% but could not make it count as the USA team capitalised on two defensive blunders to make hay.
The first half started with the Falconets having the first chance to take the lead but leading goal-scorer, Francisca Ordega dallied with just the goal keeper to beat and that was as early as the seventh minute. Thereafter the Americans stepped up the tempo and won a series of corner kicks which were not well defended by the Falconets but they got away with these.
The Falconets continued to press forward with Ngozi Okobi making good runs from midfield but the coordination of the strikers in the final third was practically non-existent.  Cecilia Nku was anonymous in the first half as her passing was wild. And the Americans scored off an innocuous cross from deep midfield in the 22ndminute caught the Nigerian defenders napping and Morgan Brian easily headed past a stranded Ibubeleye Whyte in goal for Nigeria.
The Falconets responded with relentless but all they got were corner kicks which were not well taken.

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