Bronze medal match: Nigeria’s Flamingos to battle seven-time European champions Germany

The Nigeria u17 girls’s nationwide staff fell to Colombia on Wednesday afternoon however will meet their outdated nemesis once more within the third-place match

Nigeria’s Flamingos will commerce tackles with Germany within the bronze medal match of the FIFA U17 Girls’s World Cup in India on Sunday.

Each Nigeria and Germany missed out on a spot within the last after dropping their semifinal matchups on Wednesday afternoon.

The Flamingos had been edged by Colombia 6-5 on penalties after each groups had performed out a 0-0 attract regular time. Germany, alternatively, was defeated 1-0 by defending World Cup champions Spain additionally on Wednesday.

Germany and Nigeria met earlier within the event within the opening match of Group B. The Nigerians drew the primary blood in that encounter, however the Europeans bounced again to assert a 2-1 victory.

The Flamingos have been higher since that defeat, although. The coach Bankole Olowookere-tutored women crushed New Zealand 4-0 on matchday two and defeated Chile 2-1 of their final group sport.

The Nigerian women, within the quarterfinals, shot down the USA on penalties following a battling 0-0 draw to make it to the World Cup semifinal for the primary time in historical past.

A primary World Cup medal awaits the Flamingos ought to they beat Germany within the third-place playoff on Sunday.

The match has been scheduled for the D.Y. Patil Stadium.