Nigeria has been ranked 7th at the 9th edition of the Homeless World Cup whic h came to a close in Paris on Sunday at the Champ de Mars, under the shadow of the Eiffel tower.
Nigeria led by Coach Ndubisi Duruna and assisted by Olumide Ajayi lost it quarter final match against Mexico 3 – 4 on Saturday.
In the placement match versus Ukraine, Nigeria Captained by Abubakar Haruna conceded an early goal to Ukraine but team motivator Adebiyi Sunday restored parity.
Ukraine went back into the lead and once again, Adebiyi Sunday was available to put Nigeria back in contention, this time around with a quality assist tucked in by Afolabi Michael.
2-2 it ended at half time and resumption of play, Uzoma Okafor shot Nigeria into the lead for the first time.
Afolabi Micheal made his goal tally in the math a brace and in a twinkle of an eye, his hat trick beckoned and finalized. Uzoma added another to make it his second and Nigeria led by 7 goals to 2.
In the dying moments of the game, Ukraine scored their third goal, but was not enough to deny Nigeria a seventh place finish.
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