The German U-17 girls put the loss to Nigeria behind them as they alongside the Nigerian girls danced so happily to a Nigerian song in the dressing room.
The players exchanged kits while some exchanged contacts and others wore their dancing shoes as shown in the video.
The video showed the Germans and the Nigerian girls vibing and shaking their bum to Kizz Daniel’s new track Cough.
Nigeria’s U17 girls won their first-ever FIFA World Cup bronze medals on Sunday after a 3-2 penalty shootout win over Germany following a dramatic 3-3 draw in Mumbai.
Both teams started the competition playing against each other, with the Germans coming back from a goal down to win 2-1 at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Goa.
The Europeans, who lost by a 90th-minuteth-minuteth minute goal to Cup holders Spain in Wednesday’s second semi-final, started the brighter side and had the ball in the net through Marie Steiner in the 5th minute off a cross from Laura Cloning. But the Video Assistant Referee ruled it offside.
Nigeria took the lead in the 21st minute through power forward Opeyemi Ajakaye after she got the better of Eve Boettcher from a flowing move.
Germany, staring at annihilation, fought back gamely and reduced the scoreline in the 73rd minute when Veit Jella pulled one back. Five minutes later, Ajakaye had an opportunity to make it 4-1 but faltered.
Paulina Plattner made it 3-2 with five minutes to go and on the dot of 90 minutes, Loreen Bender tied the scoreline to compel a third penalty shootout for the Flamingos in the knockout phase of the tournament.
Substitutes Blessing Sunday and Edidiong Etim, and Player-of-the-Match Opeyemi Ajakaye scored from the spot for Nigeria. Defender Tumininu Adeshina missed but it did not matter as Pauline Bartz missed a crucial kick for Germany.
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