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08:07, September 19, 2007 |
The United States beat Nigeria 1-0 in the heavy rain brought by the coming typhoon Wipha to advance to the quarter-finals as leaders of the "Group of Death" on Tuesday.
The Americans were quickly into action with midfielder Lori Chalupny snatched the winner in the very first minute after collecting a throw-in inside the box.
The U.S. have seven points after two wins and a hard-fought 2-2 draw with DPR Korea to top Group B. They will meet Group A runners-up England in the quarter-finals. Nigeria have to bid farewell to the tournament with a solo point to be at the basement of the group.
Although the Africans enjoyed most of the possession( with a 59%-41% at the highest), the United States were of higher class and created more chances with fine build-up.
Nigeria missed the best chance on 74 minutes, when Perpetua Nkwocha burst into the box before firing a small angle shot to slip the far post.
The "Flying Eagles" threatened the Americans with some long distance counter-attacks and caused some melee inside their rivals' area, but failed to strike.
Source: Xinhua
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