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Ordega Scores In The 87th Minute To Pull Nigeria Into 3-3 Tie With Sweden

The Canadian Press, 09 Jun, 2015 11:37 AM
    VANCOUVER — Gaelle Enganamouit had a hat trick for Cameroon in a 6-0 rout of Ecuador on Monday in the Women's World Cup debuts for both nations.
     
    Cameroon converted three penalty kicks. Enganamouit scored in the 36th and 73rd minutes, then got a penalty kick in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
     
    Madeleine Ngono Mani put Les Lionnes ahead in the 34th minute, and captain Christine Manie's penalty kick made it 3-0 in the 44th.
     
    Aboudi Onguene converted a penalty kick in the 79th.
     
    Ligia Moreira of 48th-ranked Ecuador was given a red card for a foul in the 66th minute.
     
    Also, Francisca Ordega's 87th-minute goal pulled Nigeria into a 3-3 draw with Sweden in Winnipeg.
     
    Linda Sembrant came off the bench to put Sweden ahead 3-2 before Ordega's drive sailed between goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl's legs.
     
    Nilla Fischer put Sweden up 2-0 in the first half with a goal in the 31st minute after Nigeria conceded an own goal. Nigeria evened it in the second half when Ngozi Okobi and Asisat Oshoala scored in a 3-minute span.
     
    In the final match of the day Aya Miyama converted on a penalty kick in the 29th minute to lift Japan to a 1-0 win over Switzerland in Vancouver.

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