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Spain edge Colombia to win second consecutive FIFA U17 Women’s WC

MUMBAI: Defending champions Spain successfully lifted the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup title for the second time in a row with a 1-0 victory over first-time finalists Colombia.

Colombia, who had enjoyed a dream run in the mega event; making their way into the final, have had a heartbreaking end to their expedition as an own goal from their defender Ana María Guzmán Zapata in the 82nd minute granted Spain an easy victory.

Consequently, Spain eked out a solitary goal to retain the title they claimed in 2018.

Cristina’s goal, which came off the rebound after the Colombian goalkeeper had initially stopped it, gave Spain the lead two minutes into the second half.

The goal, however, was overturned by a VAR review, thus the score remained 0-0. Cristina was found to have touched the ball with her hand.

It is pertinent to mention that Spain and Colombia also came face to face in the group stages with the former emerging victorious 1-0.

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Spain, Colombia book FIFA U17 Women’s WC final berth

MARGAO: Defending champions Spain edged past Germany in a hard-fought second semi-final, while Colombia downed Nigeria 6-5 on penalties as the two sides set to collide in the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup summit clash on Sunday.

The exciting semifinal between the two teams remained equally balanced in regulation time despite some close attempts from both ends.

Spain came close to scoring in the 10th minute when Vicky Lopez broke clear down the left and fired in a magnificent cross that Cristina Libran headed against the crossbar.

The enthralling semifinal remained evenly balanced in the second half as well and it seemed to have entered the shootout before Spain broke the deadlock.

Lucia Corrales scored the match-winning goal in the 90th minute, poking the ball in from close range to power her team to the final on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Colombia beat Nigeria 6-5 on penalties after full-time ended goalless, in the semi-final earlier here.

Comfort Folorunsho botched her sudden death penalty, giving Colombia the victory in a game in which the Flamingos couldn’t string three passes together.

Following their respective semifinal triumphs, Spain and Colombia will lock horns in the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup final on Sunday.

The action-filled tournament is being telecasted live on Pakistan’s first HD Sports channel – A Sports and is simultaneously streamed on the digital platform of ARY Digital Network – ARY ZAP in crystal clear HD quality.

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Lopez powers Spain to seal FIFA U17 Women’s WC semifinals berth

MARGAO: Vicky Lopez’s twin late strikes lifted defending champions Spain from 0-1 down to a comprehensive 2-1 victory over Japan in the fourth quarterfinal to book a semifinal spot in the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup 2022.

The exciting quarterfinal between the two teams remained equally balanced in the first half despite some close attempts from both ends.

Spain, however, spoiled the opportunity to claim an early lead as Carla Camacho missed the penalty in the 37th minute following a foul by Toko Koga.

Japan took the field with greater determination in the second half and launched the attack on the Spanish defence.

The domination soon turned into a goal when Momoko Tanikawa hit a long-range stunner to hand her side an early lead.

The defending champions held their nerves calm despite the deficit and kept attacking on the counter. Lopez then neutralized Japan’s lead – following a melee in the penalty box – with a perfectly targeted strike.

Spain’s counterattack left Japan panicking and as a result, gaps began to emerge in their defence. Lopez – fuelled with momentum – made the most of the situation and struck again in the dying minutes of second-half injury time and powered her side to a thrilling victory.

The defending champions Spain will now face Germany in the second semifinal on October 26.

Meanwhile, in another quarterfinal, Colombia breezed past Tanzania 3-0 to end their dream run in the debut mega event.

Colombia launched an early attack on Tanzania and got their first breakthrough within the first three minutes when captain Linda Caicedo beat Zulfa Makau with ease.

The spirited Tanzanian side suffered yet another blow just after 13 minutes when Yesica Munoz headed Cristina Motta’s cross into the net.

Colombia piled misery on Tanzania as Gabriela Salazar struck for her side with a spot-kick in the 32nd minute.

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Nigeria sink USA on penalties, book maiden FIFA U-17 Women’s WC semifinals berth

MUMBAI: Nigeria edged past the United States of America (USA) with a 4-3 penalty kick shootout to qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup semifinals for the first time.

The two sides engaged in an evenly-contested match and remained level at 1-1 at the regulation time as USA’s Amalia Villarreal neutralized Nigeria’s early lead in the 40th minute.

Earlier, Nigeria’s Omamuzo Edafe netted the ball in the 27th minute to hand her side an early lead.

The thrilling quarterfinal entered into a penalty shootout after the two sides could not be separated in regulation time.

Edidiong Etim, Edet Offiong, Miracle Usani and Omamuzo Edafe scored for Nigeria in the shootout while Folorunsho missed the target.

Emeri Adames, Taylor Suarez and Mia Bhuta scored, on the other hand, scored for the USA, while Emri and Jackson missed from the penalty spot.

Nigerian goalkeeper Chikasmo Jiwuaku made a crucial stop on the USA’s fifth and final shot in the intensely competitive shootout and powered her side to glory.

Nigeria progresses to its first-ever semifinal at the competition, where it will meet either Colombia or Tanzania, while the USA made its first participation in the U-17 WWC knockout round since 2008.

Meanwhile, in another quarterfinal match, Germany outclassed Brazil 2-0 to make it to the semifinals.

In a one-sided affair, Germany’s Marie Steiner opened the scoring and handed an early lead to her side.

Germany’s early lead lasted till the conclusion of the regulation time but Melina Kruger struck the second five minutes into the stoppage time to power the side to a commanding 2-0 victory.

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Tanzania secure quarters berth on debut FIFA U17 Women’s WC

MUMBAI: Veronica Mapunda’s strike powered Tanzania to hang on for a 1-1 draw against Canada on Tuesday to qualify for the quarter-finals in their maiden FIFA U7 Women’s World Cup campaign.

In the last Group D fixture between Tanzania and Canada, the debutant side held their nerves calm as they forced a tie, which resulted in them qualifying for their first quarter-finals in the U17 Women’s World Cup.

With the quarter-finals berth on stake, Canada took the field with an attacking approach and tested Tanzania’s defences multiple times.

The domination soon turned into a goal as Amanda Marrie Allen fired the ball into the nets on penalty in the 14th minute, following an offensive tackle by Tanzania’s defence.

Canada’s early lead in the must-win game shortlived as Mapunda neutralized Canada’s lead to 1-1 after her left-foot strike crashed into the nets.

The rest of the match witnessed Canada searching for the tie-breaker but Tanzania’s defence denied their march and kept the scoreboard intact at 1-1 till the final whistle.

Following their draw against Canada, Tanzania sealed a quarter-final spot as they finished Group D with four points, behind Japan with nine.

On the other hand, Japan kept their unbeaten run intact as they downed France 2-0 to finish Group D standings on top in the other fixture on Tuesday.

Momoko Tanikawa opened the scoring for Japan in the 29th minute to push France on the back foot.

France kept searching for the equalizer in the remainder but it was Japan’s Sayami Kusunoki, who struck in the stoppage time to enhance Japan’s lead to 2-0.

Following the conclusion of the group stages, all four quarter-final matches of the mega event have been set and will take place on October 21 and 22.

The table-toppers of Group A – the United States of America (USA) – will take on Nigeria on Friday, while Germany will take on Brazil on the same day.

Tanzania will lock horns with Colombia in the third quarter-final on Saturday, whereas, the table-toppers of Group D – Japan – and defending champions – Spain – will collide in the fourth quarter-final.

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Brazil thwart India 5-0, qualify for FIFA U-17 Women’s WC quarters

BHUBANESWAR: Hosts India marked the end of their disappointing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup campaign as they endured a crushing 0-5 defeat at the hands of Brazil in the Group A fixture on Monday.

Gabriele Berchon opened the scoring for Brazil in the 11th minute, followed by Aline Gomes adding another in the 40th minute.

The hosts after conceding two goals in the first half could not recover in the second as the Brazilian forwards maintained their dominance.

Following the early attack launched by Brazil, gaps began to emerge in India’s defence and Aline made the most of it as she further increased her side’s lead with a screamer in the 51st minute.

Indian defence then displayed grit and kept Brazilian forwards at bay for the majority of the second half until Lara Ferreira dos Santos sneaked past them and struck a screamer in the 86th minute.

The midfielder, fuelled with momentum struck again in the stoppage time to net her second goal in just seven minutes and Brazil, consequently, registered a dominating 5-0 victory over hapless India.

The defeat marked the end of India’s disappointing campaign as they conceded 15 goals in three matches and failed to net a single goal.

Meanwhile, the United States of America’s (USA) thumping 4-0 victory over Morocco in another Group A fixture took them to the top of the group standings and also secured a quarter-finals berth.

Brazil will face Germany, while the USA will take on Nigeria in the quarter-finals on Friday.

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Tanzania stun France to claim maiden win in FIFA U-17 Women’s WC

MARGAO: Tanzania stunned France 2-1 in the Group D fixture of the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup and registered their first victory in the mega event.

Tanzania, fresh from their disappointing 0-4 loss to Japan in their debut game, entered the field and displayed utter domination over their opposition.

Diana William Mnaly then soon converted her side’s domination into a goal in the 17th minute as she guided Aisha Juma Mnunka’s cross with a well-directed strike to hand her side an early 1-0 lead.

Assa Sidibé then botched a regulation header into handball which led the referee to award another penalty kick to Tanzania after VAR.

Having already failed to convert a penalty into a goal, Tanzania’s defender Christer Joh Bahera fired the ball cautiously into the top of the post and put her side into a commanding 2-0 lead in the 60th minute.

France then got a vital opportunity to quickly cut Tanzania’s lead to 2-1 as Lucie Calba made no mistake in converting the penalty into her side’s first goal.

Tanzania’s defence did tremendously well to keep France at bay for the rest of the game and blocked multiple attempts from the French side for an equalizer as the former side ran away with an astonishing 2-1 victory.

Meanwhile, in the Group C fixture, Colombia humbled China 2-0 after coming from a frustrating 0-1 loss to defending champions Spain.

Colombia’s Linda Caicedo stole the show for her side as she netted twice in the ninth and 23rd minute respectively to propel her side to a much-needed victory in the mega event.

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India lose to Morocco 3-0, crash out of FIFA U-17 Women’s WC

BHUBANESHWAR: Hosts India endured a second consecutive defeat in the ongoing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup as Morocco triumphed 3-0 to shatter the home side’s hopes in front of a silent crowd.

Coming out from a hammering 0-8 loss to the United States of America (USA), the girls in blue suffered another setback, which forced them to crash out of the mega event.

India displayed brilliant grit and did well in the first half to keep the scorecard intact as none of the sides was able to score a goal.

Morocco took the field in the second half with great dedication and soon got the reward in terms of a penalty after the ball struck Naketa’s arm.

Doha El Madani subsequently converted the penalty and put her team ahead, despite India’s goalkeeper Melody Chanu diving the right way.

Chanu then spilled the ball 10 minutes later, allowing Yasmine Zouhir to net a regulation goal to enhance her side’s lead to 2-0.

Djennah Cherif then received a brilliant pass in the stoppage time which she fired past Melody; rustling in the net.

Following two consecutive defeats, the hosts India crashed out of the mega event. The girls in blue will take on Brazil in their last group match on October 17.

Meanwhile, in the Group B fixture, Germany hammered Chile 6-0 to extend their domination and secured a quarter-final berth.

Jella Veit opened the scoring for her side in the 20th minute, while Alara Sehitler scored the second goal in the 24th. Mara Alber then struck the third goal in the 40th minute and put her side in utter command at the conclusion of the first half.

The side then continued their domination over Chile as Marie Steiner took just 10 minutes to net the goal in the second half and made it 4-0 for Germany, while Loreen Bender struck the fifth goal a couple of minutes later.

Laila Portella decimated the Chile defence in the stoppage time and dribbled past their defenders and goalkeeper to net a convincing goal, which marked the end of Germany’s one-sided show over Chile.

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Nigeria thrash New Zealand to claim first win in FIFA U-17 Women’s WC

GOA: Nigeria displayed utter domination in their second fixture of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup as they thwarted New Zealand 4-0 to register their maiden triumph of the mega event.

Nigeria, fresh from their disappointing 2-1 loss to Germany, entered the field and displayed utter domination over their opposition.

Omowunmi Bello then soon converted her side’s domination into a goal in the 16th minute as she guided Tunmininu Adeshina’s cross with a powerful header to hand her side an early 1-0 lead.

Miracle Usani fired a fairly harmless cross into Fern’s goal area, however, confusion between Feinberg-Danieli and Manaia Elliot resulted in the defender deflecting the ball past the keeper’s expected reach.

Usani, as a result, cherished her second goal of the mega event.

Nigeria maintained their dominance over New Zealand in the second half, repeatedly testing their defence as Ajakaye and Adeshina hit the crossbar and side-netting, respectively.

However, Taiwo Afolabi was unstoppable in the 75th minute. Her 25-yard piledriver whistled beyond Feinberg Danieli’s jump and crashed into the net to enhance Nigeria’s lead.

Edidiong Etim’s trike in the stoppage time proved to be a cherry on top for Nigeria, who finished their domination over New Zealand with a comprehensive 4-0 triumph.

Meanwhile, the Group A fixture between Brazil and the United States of America (USA) ended in a 1-1 draw.

Brazil’s Ana Firmino struck in the 37th minute to neutralize USA’s Nicollette Kiorpes’ 33rd-minute strike and prevented her side from the first defeat.

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Japan thrash Tanzania, Spain edge Colombia in FIFA U-17 Women’s WC

INDIA: Tanzania were off to a dismal start to their maiden FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup campaign as they went down 4-0 against Japan while defending champions Spain edged past Colombia 1-0 on matchday one of the mega event.

Tanzania, making their FIFA U-17 debut, suffered a crushing 0-4 defeat at the hands of tournament favourites Japan as the latter displayed utter domination for the majority of the match.

Japanese midfielder Uno Shiragaki opened the scoring for her side as she netted the first goal of the match in the 37th minute to hand her side an early 1-0 lead.

Both sides made several attempts to alter the scoreboard but goalkeepers displayed astonishing grit to keep it intact.

A series of substitutions from both teams then accelerated the game as Mao Itamura, who replaced Miyu Matsunaga in the 64th minute, took just three more to make her presence felt and powered Japan to a 2-0 lead.

Itamura then passed the ball to Ai Tsujisawa, who blasted it into the net with her second touch to make it 3-0.

A well-directed freekick from Momoko Tanikawa just outside the Tanzanian box turned out to be a cherry on top for Japan.

Meanwhile, Tanzania failed to net a single goal in the one-sided clash.

Defending champions Spain, on the other hand, sank Colombia as a late strike from Jone Martinez – five minutes prior to the 90-minute mark – bolstered the side to claim their first points in the mega event.

China, who thrashed Mexico 2-1 earlier on the second day, lead the Group C standings with two goals, while Spain claimed the second spot.

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