U-20 W/Cup: Ajibade Injury Time Goal Fires Falconets To Q/Finals

Rasheedat Ajibade scored in the last minute as the Falconets of Nigeria defeated China to progress to the quarter-final stage of the FIFA Under-20 Women World Cup in France.

The Nigerians came into the game needing just a draw to make it to the next round, after defeating Haiti 1-0 in the last game.

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Linyan Zhang of China put the Asians ahead in the 41st minute to after dominating most part of the game.

But Ajibade, the NFF 2018 Young Player of the Year, got the much-needed equalizer in the 93rd to send the Chris Danjuma’s girls to the next round.

Nigeria will face Group C winners, Spain, in the quarterfinal on Thursday.

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