Tanzania Under-20 Girls Held Nigeria’s Falconets to a 1-1 Draw in the First Leg of Their 2024 FIFA
Tanzania under-20 girls held Nigeria’s Falconets to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their 2024 FIFA under 20 women’s world cup African qualifying series third-round fixture in Dar es Salaam.
The opening half saw both teams grappling for dominance but failing to break the deadlock.
Substitute Chioma Olise, who fired Nigeria into the lead, after good work from the right flank to send shockwaves through the home crowd.
However, Tanzania’s Asnath Ubamba leveled the playing field 13 minutes later with a precision free kick that left Nigeria’s goalkeeper Anderlin Mgebchi helpless.
The falconets now face a return to Nigeria with high expectations, gearing up for a decisive clash with the Tanzanians in the second leg on Sunday.
The aggregate winner of the tie between Tanzania and Nigeria will meet the victor of the clash between Congo DR and Burundi in the fourth round.
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There was little action in the first half of the encounter at Dar es Salaam but the game came to life in the second half.
After a scoreless first period, substitute Chioma Olise put Nigeria in front three minutes before the hour mark at the Azam Sports Complex in Tanzania’s commercial and industrial capital.
The home girls responded 13 minutes later when Asnath Ubamba fired home from a free kick, to which Nigeria’s goalkeeper Anderlin Mgebchi had no answer.
Both teams fought hard to establish superiority at the tail end of the encounter on the artificial turf, but the scoreline remained the same.
The Falconets will return to Nigeria on Tuesday with high expectations to overpower the Tanzanians when both teams clash in the second leg on Sunday.
Christopher Danjuma’s girls will hope to emulate the Super Falcons’ performance in the 2024 Paris Olympic qualifiers after scaling through to the last round of the qualification series despite playing a 1-1 draw away from home against Ethiopia.
