Germany became the first team to secure their place in the last eight of the Women’s World Cup after Lea Schueller’s late strike completed a hard-fought 3-0 win over underdogs Nigeria on Saturday. Martina Voss-Tecklenburg’s side are yet to concede a goal in their four games at the World Cup so far. Captain Alexandra Popp gave Germany the lead on 20 minutes, nodding Lina Magull’s in-swinging corner inside the far post. Magull was involved again as Germany doubled the lead minutes later. After reviewing the incident on the touchline, the referee awarded Germany a penalty, and striker Sara Daebritz made no mistake from 12 yards.

Source: The Guardian June 22, 2019 17:37 UTC