2026 U-20 WWC: Falconets, China share spoils in thrilling contest

Nigeria’s Falconets battled to a goalless gully against China successful their 2nd Group F lucifer astatine the ongoing 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.

Moses Aduku’s broadside produced a determined and disciplined show to enactment their opening-day 2-0 decision to Spain down them and support their hopes of reaching the knockout signifier alive.

China, buoyed by their emphatic 5-0 triumph implicit tourney debutants New Caledonia connected Monday, started brightly and applied aboriginal unit connected the Falconets’ defence.

Nigeria gradually settled into the contest, however, and began creating opportunities of their ain arsenic the crippled progressed.

The Falconets thought they had been handed a aureate accidental to instrumentality the pb erstwhile they were awarded a punishment with 16 minutes remaining.

However, the determination was overturned pursuing a VAR review.

Neither broadside could find the breakthrough arsenic the lucifer ended 0-0, leaving Nigeria with 1 constituent from 2 games.

The Falconets volition look New Caledonia successful their last radical crippled connected Sunday, knowing they request a triumph to boost their chances of advancing to the knockout stage.

Spain presently leads Group F with six points, followed by China connected 4 points, wh...