Flamingos Beat Germany, Win U-17 World Cup Bronze
The Nigerian Under-17 women’s football team, Flamingos, on Sunday, beat Germany 3-2 on penalties to win bronze at the World Cup in India.
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The Flamingos surrendered a 3-0 lead to the Germans but went on to win 3-2 in the shootout.
The Germans missed three of their efforts while the Flamingos saw one of their effort saved.
Opeyemi Ajakaye, Aminat Bello and Edidiong Etim were the scorers for Nigeria while Jella Viet, Paulina Platiner and Loreen Bender netted for the European U-17 champions.
Recall the Germans came from a goal down to beat the Flamingos 2-1 in their opening game in the tournament.
In the 48th minute Bello doubled the Flamingos’ lead after nodding in a corner.
The Flamingos continued to press for more goals and were rewarded on 63 minutes this time off the boot of substitute Etim.
Germany pulled a goal back through Jella Viet in the 73rd minute.
In the 88th minute, Platiner got Germany’s second before Bender got the third on 90 minutes.
