Nigeria’s Falconets and their Cameroonian counterparts played out an exciting 2-2 draw in the first leg of their 2018 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier, yesterday. Nigeria got the lead inside the second minute when Vincent Precious scored the opener to set the stadium on fire. [a]dCameroon restored parity six minutes later, when Ngah Manga Marie scored, thereby bringing her side back into the game. The return leg will take place in Yaoundé in a fortnight, with the winner on aggregate picking one of Africa’s tickets to the sixth FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup taking place in Uruguay, later this year. Nigeria has participated in every edition of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup since it began in New Zealand in 2008, reaching the quarter-finals in Trinidad and Tobago (2010), Azerbaijan (2012) and Costa Rica (2014).

Source: The Guardian February 04, 2018 03:45 UTC