Africa has two teams in the knockout stage as final day of group
fixtures produces high-tempo games and outcomes.
Cameroon qualified by playing and
winning against New Zealand but Nigeria only had to look on as Thailand, the
whipping girls of the tournament, thwarted Chile in a 2 – 0 loss.
Nigeria’s hopes of qualification were
in the balance at the start of two games in Group E and F. The first being
Cameroon vs. New Zealand, which saw Cameroon go through.
In the case of the second of Thailand
vs. Chile, the Chileans had it all to do but it took a resolute Thai side to
hold off the onslaught and help Nigeria through by so doing.
Three Cameroon goals in a 2 – 1
victory. Three points in a tense match that went down to the wire. The winner
of Cameroon vs. New Zealand was scored 11 seconds to the end of the game.
The lioness that led the indomitable
feat being two-goal heroine Nchout Ajara, who also bagged the player of the
match award for her performance.
An African representative makes it to
the knockout stage of the tournament. Ajara’s 57th minute lead was cancelled by
an own goal on the 80th minute by a Cameroonian defender.
Ajara will cap the day’s performance
with a stoppage time strike that sends Cameroon through by virtue of superior
goals over another African side, Nigeria. - Africa
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