{"id":43737,"date":"2024-07-25T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/paris-2024-olympics-super-falcons-fall-1-0-to-brazil\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T20:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:00:17","slug":"paris-2024-olympics-super-falcons-fall-1-0-to-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/paris-2024-olympics-super-falcons-fall-1-0-to-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris 2024 Olympics: Super Falcons fall 1-0 to Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Super Falcons fell to a 1-0 defeat against Brazil in their opening Group C fixture at the 2024 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Falcons were in ascendancy early in the game, carving out three good chances in the first 25 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Chiwendu Ihezuo\u2019s close-range effort was saved by Brazil goalkeeper Lorena.<\/p>\n<p>Lorena also produced a superb save to deny midfielder Christy Ucheibe from outside the box.<\/p>\n<p>Osinachi Ohale then nodded over the bar from Toni Payne\u2019s superb cross.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil captain Martha netted in the 33rd minute but the goal was ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil took the lead through Gabi Nunes eight minutes before the break.<\/p>\n<p>Nunes slammed the ball into the net after she was set up by Martha.<\/p>\n<p>The Samba Girls dominated the game in the second half, with Martha hitting the upright six minutes after the break.<\/p>\n<p>Lorena made a superb save to deny Ajibade afterwards.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil held on to their lead to move to the top of Group C with Spain, who defeated Japan 2-1 earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Falcons will face world champions Spain in their second game in Nantes on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Paris 2024 Olympics: Super Falcons fall 1-0 to Brazil<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Super Falcons fell to a 1-0 defeat against Brazil in their opening Group C fixture at the 2024 Olympic&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4426,15,10969,160,4864],"tags":[542,1279,4429,4780,10011,180,10085,10970,201,870],"class_list":["post-43737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brazil","category-news","category-paris-2024-olympics","category-sport","category-super-falcons","tag-1-0","tag-1279","tag-brazil","tag-falcons","tag-fall","tag-news","tag-olympics","tag-paris","tag-sport","tag-super"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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