Serengeti Girls beat France 2-1 at Fifa World Cup

Serengeti Girls players celebrating after outclassed France. PHOTO | COURTESY

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  • The win against their much fancied opponents- France keeps their hopes of advancing beyond group stage alive.

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s Under-17 women’s national football team (Serengeti Girls) on Saturday afternoon shocked the football World when they beat France 2-1 at the FIFA World Cup finals in India.

The match was played at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Margao.

Serengeti Girls' goals were scored by Diana Mnally  in the 16th minute and Christer Bahera who scored second from the spot in 56th minute.

Serengeti were unlucky not to record a bigger margin after they missed another spot kick.

The win against their much fancied opponents- France keeps their hopes of advancing beyond group stage alive.

For France who enjoyed the lion's share of possession reduced the deficit through Lucie Calba in 77th minute.
Serengeti Girls went down 4-0 in their first match against Japan at the same venue.

Serengeti Girls’ recorded a total of four shots on target against seven shots pumped in by France who were held to a 1-1 draw by Canada in mtheir inaugural match of group D.
 Tanzania, will now face Canada on Tuesday in their last game to decide the teams that match on to the next stage.
 However, Tanzania's coach will be concerned after they lost a player on a red card