… Mafisere of Nigeria saw Red in 76th minute.
Falconets of Nigeria dropped standard to concede an injury time goal scored by Valerein Loboa of Portland Thorns FC in the 90+2 minute that sent them out of the tournament making the 6th time overated and over confident Nigeria was sent out at the quarterfinal stages of the tournament.
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Nigeria dominated the first half but goals refused to come at the Stadion Lks in Poland before 18029 fans before Ref Maria Caputi of Italy where Nigerians at the stands were so disappointed at the loss as one fan said, “Nigeria shouldn’t have lost this match, they wasted our time and resources to attend this match”.
Nigeria went into a frenzy of foul plays committing 18-12 foul calls with 2-2 yellow cards and Edo Queens player Kafayat Mafisere got a straight red for a serious offence in the 76th minute which badly affected Nigeria as Coach Moses Aduku did not provide adequate match plan to recover.
Nigeria dropped standard holding ball possessions of 58-42% from 64-36% of 1st half, 14-5 shots at goal with 3-3 on target, wasted 8-1 corner kick advantage even with 437-328 passes.
Nigeria had beaten England 3-0 in the R16, mauled New Caledonia 10-1, played goalless with China but lost 0-2 to Spain. Columbia defeated hosts Poland by a lone goal in the R16, lost to North Korea 0-3, played goalless with Portugal and beaten Costa Rica 3-1.
Nigeria that appeared in all 12 tournaments were ousted at the quarterfinal stages in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2020, 2024 and now 2026. She made semifinal three times placing 4th in 2024 but advanced to pick Silver twice in 2012 and 2016.
Columbia called the PowerPuff girls made 4 appearances stopping at quarterfinal stages twice in 2022 and 2024 only to advance on progressive achievements into the semifinal this 2026.
Columbia will meet winner of the defending champions, North Korea versus Canada match coming up at 5:30pm tonight in the 2nd semifinal on Wednesday at 5:30pm. Spain will meet Italy in the 1st Semifinal at 2pm.
Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line.
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