The Super Falcons have qualified for the next round of 16 on the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia after playing out a goalless with the Republic of Ireland in their last Group B match played inside the Brisbane Stadium. The Nigeria players knew the best way to proceed to the knockout stage without conceding a goal in the game, was to avoid their opponents scoring and staying safe on a goalless match. The former African champions nearly opened the scoring within the opening ten minutes but Kanu’s header was brilliantly pushed onto the crossbar by the goalkeeper. And moments later, Oshoala had the sight of goal but narrowly shot wide.
The Super Falcons went on to be the better team in the half, but they simply could not find the cutting edge in attack to nip the winner. With their second goalless draw of the tournament, Nigeria dropped to second in Group B and qualified as runners-up behind Australia.
The Aussies bounced back from their defeat to Nigeria to beat Canada 3-0 in the other group game played simultaneously. The Super Falcons will play the winners of Group D most likely to be England in the first knockout round of the World Cup.
