GERMANY CRUSH SORRY FALCONS 8-0

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 Against all expectations, especially in the German media, the Super Falcons of Nigeria were comprehensively annihilated 8-0 last night by their German counterparts in an exhibition game played in front of 8,100 spectators at the BayArena in Leverkusen.
As exclusively reported by Complete Sports yesterday,Germany coach,Silvia Neid had expressed fears that the Nigerians might prove a hard nut to crack hinging her assessment on what she termed a vastly improved Falcons side, quiet different from the team she played against three years ago.
The German media shared in her sentiment before the match and a tough encounter was therefore predicted in most of the previews done for the match.
In fact the Germans believed that apart from USA and China,Nigeria has become the third team they have to really watchout for next summer on home soil when the FIFA World Cup party begins.
The match however turned into an anti-climax as the Germans put up a dominant display to maul their guests with  Inka Grings scoring the first goal in the fifth minute.Kerstin Garefrekes expanded the lead to 2-0 on nine minutes before Grings again Grings made it three barely a minute later.
Germany’s most accomplished footballer of the present era,Birgit Prinz added a brace on 19 and 42 minutes to give the Germans an unassailable 5-0 lead in the first half.The Nigerians had lined-up a strong starting 11 for the match with the recently concluded CAF African Women’s Championships’ most valuable player,Stella Mbachu and top goal scorer,Perpetual Nkwocha in the mix but were effectively caged by their rampant Germans.
While Nkwocha lasted all 90 minutes,Mbachu was on for 78 minutes and was replaced by Adegoke.
The Falcons however kept it a bit tight in the second half and could only allow in three goals.
Germany’s U-20 World Cup star,Alexandra Popp scored the sixth goal (her fourth goal in eighth matches for the national team) before Garefrekes scored twice in the 62nd and 79th minutes to make the final score 8-0.It was Germany’s highest victory since mauling Argentina 11-0 in Septembre 2007.
It was also Falcons worst result since they lost by the same scoreline to Norway on June 6,1995.