By Akinwale Kasali
The Nigeria Female Under-17 Football Team, the Flamingoes have lost their Semi Final match. The team lost 6-5, via penalties, to Colombia.
After a deadlocked 90 minutes with both sides unable to find the back of the net, the game went into penalties with Omamuzo Edafe and Shakirat Folorunsho losing their spot kicks to give the South Americans side victory.
The Colombians qualified for their first ever Under-17 Female World Cup at the expense of Nigeria who is seeking its first Finals at the tournament.
Nigeria squandered a glorious opportunity to be at the finals as Edafe missed the spot kick that could have secured the final ticket to take the game to sudden death in which Folorunsho lost hers.
The entire duration of the match saw the Flamingoes at the back foot, defending while the Colombians were piling pressure on the African champions who were soaking the pressure.
Coach Bankole Olowookere made a tactical change in his starting line up leaving out Opeyemi Ajakaye, replacing her with Edidiong Etim.
This never metamorphosed into any thing positive as the Flamingoes had just one shot on target throughout the entire duration of the match.
With the semi final lost, Nigeria will play the loser on the second semi finals between Spain and Germany in the Third Place Match slated for Sunday October 30th, 2022.
