Women’s World Cup: Five takeaways from Super Falcons R16 penalty shootout defeat to England

The Super Falcons of Nigeria scaled through their Group B unbeaten with five points at the 2023 Women’s World Cup

Nigeria’s Super Falcons crashed out in the Round of 16 of the Women’s World Cup after a dramatic penalty shootout defeat to England in Brisbane on Monday.

Despite their second round exit from the tournament, Nigeria were largely the better side in the contest and had the chance to win the game after Lauren James was sent off late for the Lionesses.

Randy Waldrum’s side took control in extra time but couldn’t find the needed breakthrough forcing the game to go to penalties. Georgia Stanway fired wide England’s first penalty, before Oparanozie and Alozie missed their efforts and the European champions secured their place in the last-eight when Chloe Kelly scored the winning penalty.

Here, Soccernet.ng presents five key takeaways from this exhilarating contest for the Super Falcons to take into their future commitments.

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