FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: Colombia beat Nigeria to reach final

MARGAO: Colombia beat Nigeria 6-5 on penalties in the semifinal of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup to reach its first final here at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Wednesday.

Nigeria was one successful spot-kick away from scripting its own fairytale when Colombia shot-stopper Luisa Agudelo denied Omamuzo Edafe to take it into sudden death. Agudelo then sprung to her left to thwart Comfort Folorunsho's penalty to spark celebrations in the Colombian camp.

The Flamingoes hustled and tussled its way to a nil-nil scoreline at the end of regulation time, thanks to the heroics of its own goalkeeper Faith Omilana, who was sensational under the bar against a rampaging Colombian attack. Agencies

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