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BREAKING: England Defeat Super Falcon In Penalty Shootout
The Lionesses of England have defeated the Super Falcons of Nigeria in the ongoing FIFA Women’s World Cup co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
With the defeat, BrandSpur Nigeria reports that England has gained a place in the quarter-final at the Women’s World Cup.
Before reaching the knock-out stage, the Super Falcons played a goal-less draw with the Canadian women, defeated the Australian women 3-2, and rapped up their group game with the Republic of Ireland 0-0 to finish second in Group B behind co-host Australia with five points.
England on the other hand thrashed China 6-1, beat Demark, and Haiti 1-0 respectively to top group D with a maximum of nine points.
The English team is ranked fourth in FIFA Women’s ranking, while the Nigerian Women’s team is ranked 40.