Falcons crash out of Olympics

Nigeria’s 2-1 advantage from the first clash in August was overturned by a similar 2-1 win by 2011 African Games Gold medallists inside the Ahmadu Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde. Cameroon opened scoring after 32 minutes before they doubled their lead on 40 minutes when defender Ohale Osinachi caused a penalty and was sent off. However, […]

Nigeria’s 2-1 advantage from the first clash in August was overturned by a similar 2-1 win by 2011 African Games Gold medallists inside the Ahmadu Ahidjo Stadium in Yaounde.

Cameroon opened scoring after 32 minutes before they doubled their lead on 40 minutes when defender Ohale Osinachi caused a penalty and was sent off.

However, Perpetua Nkwocha pulled a goal back for Nigeria in the closing moments of the encounter.

Extra time of 30 minutes failed to produce any more goals.

In the resulting penalty shootout, Cameroon triumphed 4-3 with experienced defender Faith Ikidi missing the final kick for Nigeria.

This will be the first time Nigeria’s women will not feature at the Olympics since 2000.