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Chiamaka Nnadozie saved a penalty kick by Canadian captain Christine Sinclair within the fiftieth minute, and Nigeria emerged with a shocking 0-0 draw towards Canada on Friday on the Women’s World Cup in Melbourne, Australia.
The recreation was the opener for each groups in Group B. Australia tops the group after beating the Republic of Ireland 1-0 on Thursday.
Canada, which captured the gold medal on the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, is ranked seventh on the earth by FIFA. Nigeria is ranked fortieth.
Nigeria ended the sport with 10 gamers after Deborah Abiodun acquired a pink card deep in second-half stoppage time for a late, excessive problem on the shin of Ashley Lawrence.
The key second within the recreation got here early within the second half. After a video evaluation, Francisca Ordega was dominated to have fouled Sinclair within the penalty space. Nnadozie dived to her left and knocked away Sinclair’s low penalty kick.
Sinclair, 40, was trying to turn out to be the primary participant — male or feminine — ever to attain in six World Cup tournaments. She is the all-time chief — male or feminine — in worldwide targets with 190.
–Field Level Media