India 2022: Flamingos beat Germany, win bronze

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Anthony Nlebem.

Nigeria’s U-17 women’s national team, the Flamingos, claimed the bronze medal at the U-17 Women’s World Cup in India today, after defeating Germany 3-2 on penalties.

Flamingos scored first and were up by three goals before the Germans equalised in the second half.

The game went into a penalties and the Flamingos were lucky this time around after losing to Colombia through the shoot-out lottery in the semi-finals.