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October 8, 2019
TheNigeria women national team, Super Falcons’ hope of moving to the next round ofthe 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games African qualifying series was dashed by CoteD’Ivoire, who held the team to a 1- 1 draw at the Agege Township Stadium,Lagos.
TheCote d’Ivoire team, who held the Super Falcons to a 0-0 draw in the first legof the tie, opened scoring 10 minutes into the game through a nice free kicktaken at the edge of Nigeria’s 18-yard box.
Afterthe goal, the Ivoirians continued to pile pressure on the Nigerian side, butSuper Falcons’ new captain, Asisat Oshoala capitalized on a fast break from themidfield to get the equaliser in the 40th minute.
Thematch officials, who were not sure if the away goals rule applied in theencounter, attempted to order a penalty shoot out.
Forover 30 minutes, the Nigerian and Cote d’Ivoire players and officials were onthe pitch waiting for the final decision of the centre referee to either signalextra time or follow the away goal rules.The matchcommissioner had to make numerous calls before the match was awarded to Coted’Ivoire, who started jubilating, while the Falcons walked out of the pitchdisappointed.