I never thought the game was gonna extend to 120mins as many of us football fans were nursing the prediction of England starting to lead from the first half but the super falcons fought harder than expected Showing great tenacity, wonderful tactics and clinical tackles with their goalkeeper helping to save the game to extra time.
Congrats to the England women's team.
initially, before the game began. The England women's team believed that their game against the Super Falcons wouldn't stress them out and prevent them from winning. They were expecting the Super Falcons' ability to hold them off throughout the first, second, and extra minutes of the game without even scoring a goal astounded them beyond their wildest expectations. Lauren James's red card offense of stamping on Alozie at 87 minutes of play was motivated only by the disappointment of not scoring on time as they all anticipated. Congrats to the England women's team.
I would strongly praise the Super Falcons for their strength and well-played performance in the match against England, even though they later lost to the England women's team on penalties. They certainly put forth a tenacious effort to win the game, but luck was not on their side.
The match against the super Falcons did well to cement my confidence in the believe that the England side is simply just better. Even with the red card and the pressure the African side brought, the England defense was prepared to hold the Falcons down, and that they did.
We have Morocco as the only African team left, and am hoping they do better to at least go past this stage and unto the finals.
About the England women side being better and with a strong defense I would only agree on that when they play against either Spain or the France women team, cause the Nigeria women team wasn't their size even though they played beyond bookmakers expectations giving them big odds with the believe that the game was going to be decided in favour of the England side from first half, but the underdogs gave out a nutshell fight forcing the game to penalty which sadly they later lost. AFAIK Spain and France are a team to beat and I just hope England lionesses stands a chance.
