Nigeria’s Tremendous Falcons battled Portugal to a gritty 0-0 attract an entertaining worldwide pleasant on the Estadio José Gomes in Lisbon on Monday evening.
Each groups began cautiously, cancelling one another out in a tightly contested opening part. Nonetheless, the tempo elevated after the half-hour mark, with Portugal creating possibilities that have been fantastically denied by Nigerian goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, who stood agency with two fantastic saves to maintain the hosts scoreless.
The Tremendous Falcons additionally threatened on the different finish, with Francisca Ordega and Rasheedat Ajibade inflicting issues for the Portuguese backline by means of their tempo and motion. Rinsola Babajide almost put Nigeria forward earlier than halftime however couldn’t end from a promising place.
Simply minutes after the restart, Nigeria got here near breaking the impasse when Everton’s Toni Payne did not capitalise on a gilt-edged probability. Arrange by Ajibade, the winger fired vast from contained in the field.
Portugal responded with a sustained interval of stress, however Nnadozie as soon as once more got here to the rescue with a key save to keep up parity.
Head coach Justin Madugu made a trio of substitutions across the hour mark, introducing Ifeoma Onumonu, Ashleigh Plumptre, and Halimat Ayinde to inject contemporary vitality into the facet.
Nigeria pushed for a late winner, with Ordega putting the put up within the eightieth minute and Onumonu narrowly lacking from shut vary following one other harmful cross from Ordega.
The Tremendous Falcons will now shift focus to their subsequent pleasant conflict in opposition to regional rivals, Ghana’s Black Queens, on Friday.
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