The Maidens came into the game in inspired form, winning all group games and conceding only once, but on Sunday they failed to make it to the semi final of the World Cup after drawing 2-2 in full time and losing the subsequent shoot out to the resilient Mexicans.

Black Maidens Thrash Uruguay In U17 World Cup Opener

The Maidens started the first half brightly but striker Mukarama Abdulai was limited to few to no chances as she had very little to fend on in terms of chances. The first half ended goalless.

The second would however be different as 2 mins in a deflected cross found Mukarama in space and she thumped home the header to send Ghana in to the lead.That goal made her the highest goal scorer in the history of the U17 women’s world cup.

Black Maidens hat-trick heroine Abdulai Mukarama excited to win player of the match award in Uruguay hammering

The Maidens at this point looked set to see the game out despite there being more time left on the clock. The Mexicans fought back however and were controversially awarded a penalty when strier Nicole Perez seemed to clip herself in the box but the referee deemed it a foul on her and she pulled Mexico back into the game from the spot.

Ghana restored their lead in the 75th minute from substitute Suzzy Teye but failed to once again secure their back line when a seemingly harmless free kick from 35 yards by Perez somehow managed to beat the Maidens keeper.

The game ended 2-2 and went to a shootout. Ghana missed two of their spot kicks from Justice Annan and Oppong with Mexico netting all four.

Mukarama Brilliance Sees Black Maidens Top Group In U17 Women’s World Cup

Ghana will be sorely disappointed after so much promise was shown by the ladies but the were positives to look at and that will be paramount.

Mexico move on and will face winner of Germany vs Canada in the last quarter final.

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Milot Pokua, Abdulai Mukarama and Grace Animah were in the score sheet as Ghana youngsters scale through to the knockout stages.



Milot Pokua opened the scoring in the 5th minute  after taking advantage of a mistake inside the Finland box to give Ghana the lead.

The black Maidens continued with their impressive display and it payed off when Captain Abdulai Mukarama doubled the lead six minutes after the opening goal.



Black Maidens Thrash Uruguay In U17 World Cup Opener

The Black Maidens were happy to go into the break with a two goal lead.

Finland started the second half in a well organized manner, they had several chances in the early stages of the second half. They continued pushing until the 75th minute when substitute Kantaten reduced the deficit for Finland.

Grace Animah sealed the victory for the Black Maidens after curling a free kick past the Finland goalkeeper to ensure that Ghana grab their second win of the tournament.



Ghana will play New Zealand in the final game of the group.

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Ghana will be represented in the tournament by the Black Maidens who will face hosts Uruguay, Finland and New Zealand in Group A.



Below is a full schedule of the matches and times the matches are set to take place.

NB: All times are in local time GMT.



The Head coach of the Black Maidens Evans Adotey is however confident of positive result against the hosts Uruguay on Tuesday Evening at 10pm.

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He said, “We need to start well by winning our first game against the hosts, it is crucial we do that since we want to make the next stage early,”



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The Black Maidens remain the only Africa side to ever win 3rd place at the FIFA U-17 women’s world Cup, an achievement coach Evans Adotey wants his team to go past.

They however, have not had the best preparations for this tournament as issues with Ghana Football impeded them ahead of this tournament.



 

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