Gallant Falconets lose penalty shootout in WAFU U20 Women Championship final

Nigeria’s U20 women, Falconets have been unfortunate within the lottery of penalty shootout, dropping 1-3 to Ghana’s Black Princesses within the ultimate of the WAFU B U20 Ladies Championship in Kumasi on Saturday.

Stella Nyamekye made no mistake from the spot to place the Black Princesses forward within the thirty ninth minute, however two-time FIFA World Cup silver-medallists Nigeria roared again to rivalry when Flourish Sebastine equalized with 4 minutes left in regulation time.

Nevertheless, they might not maintain their very own within the spot kicks, scoring solely one in every of their 4 kicks whereas Ghana scored three of their 5 to assert the trophy.

Defeat within the ultimate was a tough one to swallow for the Falconets, who scored a complete of 20 targets of their 5 matches on the event.

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