The Super Falcons of Nigeria.
Japan beat Nigeria 3-1 in fefale football
By Valentine Amanze
Nigerian female football team, Super Falcons, has crashed out of the ongoing Paris Olympics football, losing 1-3 to Japan on Wednesday July 31, 2024.
Mika Hamano fired past Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie to give the Asian champions the lead after 22 minutes, and in the 32nd, Mina Tanaka doubled the lead, leaving the nine-time African champions with a heavy burden to lift to stand a chance of victory.
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Jennifer Echegini briefly gave hope of that possibility, with a brilliant strike with three minutes to go into recess, but the Japanese restored their two-goal advantage in added time of first half when Hamano got her second with a superb free-kick.
The Super Falcons lost all their three matches in Group C of the tournament.
In their first match, they lost 0-1 to Brazil; the second, they were beaten 0-1 by Spain, before losing 1-3 to Japan on Wednesday July 31.
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