She Kicks Magazine
·7 September 2024
She Kicks Magazine
·7 September 2024
Colombia’s Mary Espitaleta celebrates after scoring the only goal of the game against Mexico. (Photo by JAIME SALDARRIAGA/AFP via Getty Images)
Brazil and hosts Colombia finished their FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup groups with 100% records with wins over Canada and Mexico respectively.
Group A: Mexico 0-1 Colombia Australia 0-2 Cameroon
Group B: Fiji 0-11 France, Canada 0-2 Brazil
Mary Espitaleta got the only goal as Colombia finished five points clear of Mexico and Cameroon.
Cameroon’s Achta Njoya (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring against Australia. (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)
Cameroon’s Achta Njoya broke the deadlock in first-half added time against Australia, Naomi Eto sealing the points after the break, as the young Matildas ended without a point.
Brazil’s Dudinha is pulled back by Canada’s Mya Archibald. (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)
Brazil also topped their table by a five-point margin over France and Canada, Natalia giving them a first-half lead against the latter and Firmino doubling it deep into second-half stoppage time.
Liana Joseph led the way for France with a four-goal haul as Fiji suffered an 11-0 defeat, conceding a total of 29 goals in their three games.
Fiji’s Seruwaia Laulaba (L) and France’s Airine Fontaine fight for the ball. (Photo by JAIME SALDARRIAGA/AFP via Getty Images)
The top two of each group go through to the knockout stage, along with the four best third-placed teams.
Games overnight on Saturday (UK times), all live on FIFA+
Group C: Morocco v Spain (9pm), USA v Paraguay (9pm) Group D: South Korea v Germany (12pm), Venezuela v Nigeria (12pm)
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