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June 21, 2019
Nigeria’s SuperFalcons has finally qualified for the Round of 16 of the ongoing FIFA Women’sWorld Cup in France, after a long wait.
The Falcons qualifiedafter Chile failed to beat Thailand as needed to qualify only winning 2-0 intheir final Group-F match.
Chile had needed towin 3-0, or Thailand had needed to beat Chile 15-0, to upstage Nigeria who hadbeen waiting since playing their final Group A match on Monday. But they failedto take advantage of a penalty kick late in the game which could have giventhem the needed goal.
The Super Falcons hadsince Monday waited with bated breath as the four tickets were being clinchedone by one, first by China, then by Brazil and later by Cameroon.
Now that they havequalified, they will meet Germany on Saturday at Grenoble in the first match ofthe Round of 16 stage.The Falcons have onlyadvanced beyond the group stage once in their earlier seven appearances at theWorld Cup, and they lost to the Germans 1-0 in the 2011 edition of thecompetition.