Norway lashed African champions Nigeria 3-0 in both team’s opening match
of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Reims on Saturday.
Guro Reiten scored in the 17th minute as the Super Falcons failed
to deal with a corner kick, and Lisa-Marie Utland made it two 17 minutes later
when she flashed a fierce shot past goalkeeper Tochukwu Oluehi from close
range.
The African champions were overwhelmed in the encounter and this
showed as defender Osinachi Ohale put the ball into her own net in an attempt
to steer the ball away as the Scandinavians again threatened from the left side
of the Nigerian defence.
Head Coach Thomas Dennerby introduced Chinaza Uchendu, Chidinma
Okeke and Uchenna Kanu in the second half, and although there appeared to be
some aspiration in the forwardline, the Falcons could not put their passes
together with conviction to trouble the Norwegians.
Nigeria will now move to Grenoble, where they
take on Korea Republic on 12th June.
The Koreans lost 0-4 to host nation France in the championship opening match in
Paris on Friday.
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