SAN JOSE: Flourish Sabastine starred with a late goal as Nigeria handed an upset 1-0 defeat to a strong French side in the group C match of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup on Thursday.
The two teams engaged in a thrilling contest that started with a twenty minutes delay due to a heavy downpour and effectively cancelled out each other’s moves with Sabastine hitting the decider just five minutes before the final whistle.
Meanwhile, South Korea thrashed Canada 2-0 in the second encounter of the evening at the venue as Brooklyn Cortnall and Hae-Yeon Moon scored in the second half to take their side home.
South Korea came out on top in group C standings as they gained three points with this win followed by Nigeria at second with the same number of points. France and Canada moved to third and fourth place, respectively.
Moreover, the defending champions Japan started their campaign in style as they beat Netherlands 1-0 in a group D match at Alajuela.
The Dutch side failed to recover after Japan’s Yuzuki Yamamoto scored in the 29th minute to put her team in a commanding position with a 1-0 lead.
With the incredible victory, Japan secured the second position in Group D, behind the group leaders USA with the same number of points, whereas, the Netherlands and Ghana are positioned third and fourth, respectively with zero points.
The action-filled tournament is being telecasted live on Pakistan’s first HD Sports channel – A Sports and will be simultaneously streamed on the digital platform of ARY Digital Network – ARY ZAP in crystal clear HD quality.
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