by S’ola Filani
Although the Super Falconets of Nigeria lost the Under 20 Women’s World Cup to Germany last night, Germany, President Goodluck Jonathan was one of the anxious Nigerians that watched the match with high hopes.
GEJ had a day before the match, exhorted the Falconets to go all out for victory against their German counterparts, promising them a heroine welcome if they win.
An extra-time winner by Lena Petermann was enough to deny them the FIFA U-20 Women World Cup trophy which took place in Montreal’s Olympic Stadium in Canada as they were beaten 1-0.
This is the second time in three editions that the Falconets have lost out on the trophy.
Four years ago, they also lost 2-0 in a finals against the Germans.Incidentally, it was Germany that also won the Senior men’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil just recently.
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