After losing to Colombia on penalties in Wednesday’s U-17 World Cup semi-finals in India, Nigeria’s Flamingos missed the opportunity to advance to a first-ever final, according to Completesports.com.
After 90 minutes of play, neither team had scored, so the game went to penalties, where the Colombians prevailed 6-5.
After the Colombians missed their third kick, Omamuzo Edafe, who scored the game-winning goal against the USA, went up to take the game-winning kick to make it 5-4.
Her attempt was unsuccessful because it smacked off the post’s foot. When the shootout entered sudden death, Colombia was leading 6-5, and Comfort Folorunsho’s shot was blocked by the opposing goalie.
In the third-place play-off scheduled for Sunday, October 30, the Flamingos will now take on either Germany or Spain.
