Nigeria women’s football team, Super Falcons have advanced to the last 16 of the FIFA Women’s World Cup after playing a goalless draw with Ireland.
The result meant Africa’s most successful national team of all-time finished the group stage unbeaten for the first time ever.
The Super Falcons had held Canada to a goalless draw in their first game before edging Australia 3-2.
It is the third time that the Super Falcons – an ever present at the FIFA Women’s World Cup since its inception in 1991 – will be advancing to the knockout rounds of the World Cup.
