WAFU B U17 Girls’ Cup: Ghana’s Black Maidens edge Nigeria’s Flamingos after penalty shootout

Hosts Ghana lifted the inaugural WAFU B U17 Girls’ Cup on Sunday, however solely after a 5-4 penalty shootout defeat of resilient Nigeria on the Ghanaian Centre of Excellence in Prampram, exterior Accra.

Minutes after each nations’s senior home-based professionals couldn’t discover the web in an African Nations Championship qualifier scores of kilometres away on the Accra Sports Stadium, the women have been buoyant in a four-goal thriller that led to a penalty shootout, which the Maidens gained after scoring all 5 of their spot kicks whereas Nigeria fluffed certainly one of their very own.

Getrude Amoafo put the hosts in entrance within the 14th minute, after which the irrepressible Priscilla Mensah doubled the benefit 5 minutes later. It appeared the Maidens would coast to a simple victory, however the Nigerian women had different concepts.

Precious Oscar halved the deficit within the thirty fourth minute, with a robust volley proper contained in the Ghanaian important space, and Harmony Chidi restored parity within the 78th minute with a long-range strike that flew above goalkeeper Aishatu Fatai.

Defender Taiwo Adegoke handed the benefit to the hosts within the shootout, when she struck the woodwork from six yards, however the Flamingos definitely gave a superb account of themselves in a event during which they scored 16 targets in 4 matches, conceding solely 4.

Benin Republic took the bronze medals with one other penalty shootout defeat of Cote d’Ivoire within the third-place match performed earlier within the day.