2022 U-20 WWC: Falconets Shock France 1-0 in a keenly contested group opener

  By Sedara Oluwadara Flourish Sabastine scored in the 85th minute what turned out to be the match winner in Nigeria’s opening game of the U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica.     The Falconets and the French team pushed and cancelled each other out and it was only expected that one opportunity could prove the decider.   The game was initially suspended in the 20th minute due to heavy downpour but that didn’t dampen the spirit of Christopher Danjuma Musa and his ladies as they picked up from where they stopped at resumption of proceedings.     France

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