African power house in Women’s football, Super Falcons have been kicked out of the ongoing Women’s World Cup in Brisbane.
The European Champions , England’s Three Lionesses’ Chloe Kelly made sumptuously scored kicked her goal into the net to make sure her side are through to the Quarter-finals after four goals with Nigeria missing three of their penalties after 120 minutes of open play.
Super Falcons is the most successful African national team haven won 9 AFCON trophies and a quarterfinal berth in the 1999 Women’s World Cup.
The Lionesses came out tops in Group D while Nigeria were second in Group B. Both sides have only met twice in the competition with England winning 3-2.
The win for England means Nigeria has failed to qualify for the quarterfinals hence the third African team to exit the tournament and the second to exit the R16 stage after South Africa.