Nigeria Defeats South Korea 1 - 0 In Women's U-20 World Cup
Taiwo Ayandeyi
U-20 WWC: Sabastine’s Late Strike Earns Falconets 1-0 Win Against South Korea
September 2, 2024
Nigeria’s Falconets began their campaign at this year’s FIFA U-20 women’s World Cup in Colombia on a perfect note after edging South Korea 1-0 in their Group D opener in the early hours of Monday.
Stade de Reim of France forward Flourish Sabastine’s late strike secured the three points for the Falconets.
Sabastine also scored a late goal for the Falconets when they defeated France 1-0 in their opening game of the 2022 U-20 women’s World Cup in Costa Rica.
The win against South Korea means the Falconets are second in Group D behind Germany, who thrashed Venezuela 5-2.
Meanwhile, the Falconets will be up against Germany in their second Group D game billed for September 4 while Korea will face Venezuela.
The Falconets dominated the opening five minutes of the encounter but could not carve out any real scoring opportunity.
In the 25th minute the Koreans went close but Folorunsho made a timely clearance.
Just two minutes later the Falconets should have broken the deadlock but Lucky missed a glorious chance.
With two minutes left in the first half Korea was presented with a decent chance but Hyeyoung failed to convert.
Then in one minute of first half stoppage time Kim Shinji saw her effort hit the post.
