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Netherlands who eliminated the Falconets in the quarter-finals of this year’s FIFA U-20 women’s World Cup, lost 2-1 to Spain in the semi-finals on Thursday.
Recall the Netherlands defeated the Falconets 2-0 after two first half goals to reach a first ever semi-finals in the competition.
But in Thursday’s last four clash, Netherlands found themselves 2-0 down in the first half following a brace from Inma Gabarro on 22 and 25 minutes.
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Rosa van Gool pulled a goal back for the Netherlands in the 54th minute but Spain held on to qualify for the final.
The Spaniard will now meet holders Japan in the final after the Asians overcame Brazil 2-1 in the second semi-final.
This year’s final will be a repeat of the 2018 edition which saw Japan beat Spain 3-1.
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Nice one. They can also feel the pain too. Idiots
Netherlands are like our neighbours Ghana they go down after a win against Nigeria.Must be gruelling playing against Nigeria haha… interesting!
The team was very poor against Spain in the first half. I even started wondering if this was the team we lost to. Forced error leading to the opener. but in the second half, they played a bit better to pull one goal back but could not get secure the needed equalizer to force the game to extra time. I see Spain winning this one although they have a huge task in Japan who have shown tremendous will in this tournament
Watched the match and I wondered why the Dutch played with fear or maybe they thought Spain was Nigeria that won’t take their chances when it comes begging, overall it’s a poor performance from them generally,knew they were lucky to have outsted our girls.