Striker Asisat Oshoala’s second half strike at the Agege Stadium, Lagos on Tuesday was enough to hand the Super Falcons 1-0 victory over Algeria, and advance to the third round of the 2020 Olympics on 3-0 aggregate.
The African champions play Ivory Coast, who beat Mali 3-0 on aggregate, in the next round.
It was a hard-fought victory for the Falcons, who won the first leg 2-0 in Blida, but coach Thomas Dennerby opted for a more conservative approach, which put the team on the back foot as they failed to create any clear cut chance in the first 45 minutes.
With Algeria knowing that they had to score twice to at least have any chance of going through, they threw everything at the Falcons but were unable to threaten Oluechi Tochukwu, in goal for the Falcons. Read more
