A missed penalty, a red card and no goals - the story of Nigeria v Canada, Ireland's group B opponents over the next 10 days
CANADA AND NIGERIA failed to score in their opening game of the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup in Melbourne, leaving the Rectangular with one point each.
Earlier in the game, Nigeria keeper Chiamaka Nnadozie denied Christine Sinclair the chance of scoring at a sixth world cup with a penalty save. However, they had a disrupted build-up as the team threatened to strike over pay, funding and contractual issues. They had even threatened to boycott their opening game, but Randy Waldrum’s team produced a spirited performance that gives them hope of matching their run to the last 16 four years ago in France.
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