Women's World Cup 2023 results: Nigeria unexpectedly "knocks out" host Australia

Results of the 2023 Women's World Cup on the evening of July 27, the Nigerian women's team unexpectedly came from behind to defeat co-host Australia with a score of 3-2.

By defeating the Nigerian women's team (ranked 45th in the world ), host Australia (ranked 13th in the world) will officially secure an early ticket to the 2023 Women's World Cup Round of 16. Therefore, after the opening whistle, the female players of the co-host country raised their formation and created many dangerous opportunities. In the 45+1 minute, from a pass from a teammate, player Van Egmond placed a tricky right foot to open the score for the Australian women's team.

The Australian women's team opened the scoring thanks to Van Egmond. Photo: Reuters

It was thought that the above goal would "collapse" the fighting spirit of the Nigerian women's team, but the match became more exciting. In the 45+6 minute, player Kanu quickly seized the opportunity to finish with his left foot close to the goal, scoring against the Australian women's team, equalizing the score 1-1 for the African representative.

Nigeria vs Australia match statistics.

Despite having less ball control than their opponents, the Nigerian women's team continued to create surprising moments. In the 65th minute, Ohale headed the ball into the net from close range, unexpectedly putting the African team up 2-1. Just 7 minutes later, taking full advantage of a mistake by the Australian women's team's defender and goalkeeper, Oshoala sneaked down to kick the ball into the empty net from a narrow angle, raising the score to 3-1 for Nigeria.

The joy of Nigerian women's players after defeating Australia. Photo: Reuters

After conceding consecutive goals, the Australian women's team played with determination in the final minutes of the match. However, the Australian women's team could only score one more goal in the 90+10 minute with a header from Kennedy. In the end, the Nigerian women's team defeated Australia 3-2, temporarily taking the lead in Group B with 4 points, equal with Canada but ranked higher due to a better goal difference.