Canada gets 0-0 draw with Nigeria in Women’s World Cup opener
Canada was left on the lookout for positives Friday within the wake of a scoreless draw with Nigeria in its opening match on the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Coach Bev Priestman and her gamers discovered some. But it had a really feel of attempting to make lemonade out of lemons, particularly given captain Christine Sinclair’s saved penalty within the fiftieth minute.
The seventh-ranked Canadians outshot No. 40 Nigeria 15-10 (3-1 in photographs on course) and dominated possession within the early going, creating possibilities that they might not convert.
Canada’s scoring prowess was a trigger for concern coming into this Women's World Cup. And Friday’s limp effort vs. Nigeria isn’t going to silence pundits who requested the place the targets would come from. @JohnMolinaro has his takeaways from Canada's opener
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) July 21, 2023
After a scoreless first half in Canada’s opening sport of the Women’s World Cup, essentially the most adorned Canadian soccer participant of all time had a wonderful likelihood to place the Red and White on the scoreboard.
Sinclair, who’s enjoying in her sixth — sure sixth — World Cup, was taken down within the field early within the second half. After the referee initially denied her plea for a penalty, a VAR verify lastly awarded Canada a penalty.
No stranger to the second, Sinclair took the ball and stepped to the spot. With 190 worldwide targets to her identify, the 40-year-old striker was seeking to grow to be the primary participant to attain in six completely different World Cups.
Unfortunately for each Sinclair and Canadian soccer followers watching all over the world, it wasn’t to be, as an excellent save from Nigerian keeper Chiamaka Nnadozie stored the sport scoreless.
Canada’s common penalty kick taker, Jessie Fleming, was not within the beginning lineup attributable to an damage and doubtless would’ve been the one to take the shot if she was wholesome. Fleming scored an enormous equalizer from the spot in Canada’s gold medal match on the Tokyo Olympics
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