…Zambia Fail to Get at least a Draw in Three Games.
A combo effort from Ane Maelys to Lea Motyka of France in the 14th minute of play on Saturday sent home the young girls of Zambia in the current world U17 women’s football tournament going on in Morocco.
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Zambia had a frustrating outing at the group D matches loosing her first game 0-5 to Japan and lost the 2nd match to Venezuela 2-3. France had defeated Venezuela 2-0 but lost to Japan 0-2.
In the other Group D match, Japan outwitted Venezuela 2-0. Harashiro opened scoring in the 8th minute and Kishida made Venezuela look miserable with the 2nd goal scored in the 66th minute.
Japan won group D with 9 full points with three clean slates (yet to concede a goal in three matches) and scored 9 goals; France made 6 points scoring 3 goals and conceding 2 to place 2nd, Venezuela earned 3 points scored 3 goals and conceded 6 to place 3rd waiting for a lucky loser’s slot while Zambia failed to at least get a draw in no points for them, scored 2 goals and conceded 9. They leave Morocco in the next 48 hours according to tournament rules.
France will meet the Group E winner on Thursday at 4pm in the round of 16 games while Japan will wait for a lucky loser to emerge to play against them at 7pm on Thursday. Nigeria meets the 2nd best in group F at 4pm which is likely to be Mexico.
Tomorrow the last group games in groups E and F will be decided. At 4pm China will meet USA in a classical encounter while at the same time Kenya will have the opportunity to whip Samora that has so far conceded the highest goals in the tournament.
At 7pm already group leader, Spain may relax against Chile in a formality duel while Mexico will have a hard nut to crack in Australia to earn the 2nd group spot winner.
The round of 16 matches, eight in all will be decided on Wednesday 28th October with 2 matches at 4pm and 2 at 7pm. Same way 2 matches will be played at 4pm and 2 at 7pm on Thursday 29th October.
All four quarterfinal matches will be played on Sunday 1st November with 2 matches at 4pm and 2 at 7pm. The two semifinal matches will be decided on Wednesday 4th October at 4pm and 7pm.
The 3rd place match is Slated for Saturday 7th October at 4pm and the grand finale is at 7:30pm same night.
Eniola Olatunji reporting for Patmos Media Line.
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