Nigeria,Japan and Germany are through to the semi final of the on going FIFA under 20 women tournament in Japan.
Nigeria defeated Mexico 1-0 at the National stadium in Tokyo. The 2010 runners up had their goal attempt coming off the woodwork through Desire Oparanozie in the first half of the match. The Africans missed several scoring opportunities during the regulation time. Esther Sunday played to the gallery for most part of the game as she made some poor passes after dribbling her opponents. The Nigerians were lucky not to have conceded twice within the last 10 minutes of the regulation time. Yamile Franca's free kick came off the crossbar before her compatriot nodded the ball against the crossbar from a well taken corner kick.
In the extra time, Oparanozie rose above everyone in the penalty box to head the ball past the impressive Mexican keeper. The Africans will meet the winner of North Korea vs USA in Tuesday's semi final.
In other games, Japan defeated South Korea 3-1 to book a semi final clash against Germany. The Germans are the defending champions and they defeated Norway 4-0 on Friday.
The Germans were 3-0 up inside the opening 20 minutes of the game. Lena Lotzen scored the first goal after just five minutes of action. Melanie Leupolz tapped home the second goal after the Norwegian keeper parried the ball in the path of the youngster. Lotzen received a pass from Marozsan and she dribbled her marker before scoring a slick goal.
In the second half, Gjoen saved a penalty from Marozsan after Ramona was brought down by a Norwegian. Wensing made it 4-0 by heading the ball from Marozsan's cross who made a total of three assists for the defending champions.

Nigeria defeated Mexico 1-0 at the National stadium in Tokyo. The 2010 runners up had their goal attempt coming off the woodwork through Desire Oparanozie in the first half of the match. The Africans missed several scoring opportunities during the regulation time. Esther Sunday played to the gallery for most part of the game as she made some poor passes after dribbling her opponents. The Nigerians were lucky not to have conceded twice within the last 10 minutes of the regulation time. Yamile Franca's free kick came off the crossbar before her compatriot nodded the ball against the crossbar from a well taken corner kick.
In the extra time, Oparanozie rose above everyone in the penalty box to head the ball past the impressive Mexican keeper. The Africans will meet the winner of North Korea vs USA in Tuesday's semi final.
In other games, Japan defeated South Korea 3-1 to book a semi final clash against Germany. The Germans are the defending champions and they defeated Norway 4-0 on Friday.
The Germans were 3-0 up inside the opening 20 minutes of the game. Lena Lotzen scored the first goal after just five minutes of action. Melanie Leupolz tapped home the second goal after the Norwegian keeper parried the ball in the path of the youngster. Lotzen received a pass from Marozsan and she dribbled her marker before scoring a slick goal.
In the second half, Gjoen saved a penalty from Marozsan after Ramona was brought down by a Norwegian. Wensing made it 4-0 by heading the ball from Marozsan's cross who made a total of three assists for the defending champions.

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