FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Serengeti Girls exit FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup
The Serengeti Girls of Tanzania on Saturday suffered a 3-0 defeat to Colombia in one of the quarter final matches at the on-going FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India.
Tanzania started the match pressing deep, but failed to get the break at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margoa.
Skipper Linda Caicedo, Yesica Munoz and Gabriela Rodriguez scored to give Colombia a 3-0 first half lead. The Serengeti Girls later had Zainabu Ally and captain Noela Luhala sent-off.
Bakari Shime, the Tanzania head coach said that although they had started well, the red cards made the game very hard. “It has been a good World Cup for us to reach the quarter final stage on our first appearance,” said Shime.
The Serengeti Girls started with a 4-0 defeat to Japan, and went on to defeat France 2-1. They battled to a 1-1 draw against Canada in the last group match.
Colombia will now face another African side Nigeria in the semi final, while Spain will face Germany in the second semi final clash.