Sierra Leone U-20 women’s suffer narrow defeat to Senegal

Sierra Leone U-20 women’s national team suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat against Senegal in the preliminary round of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers on Saturday.

After a goalless first half, Senegal scored through Fatou Bintu Toure in the 55th minute at the Bo City Multi-purpose stadium Southern Province in Sierra Leone.

Many soccer pundits described the young Sierra Queens performance as brave and exciting.

The team will travel to Senegal on the 28th January 2020 in a bid to overturn the defeat and the winner over two legs will progress to face the winner between Uganda and Tanzania in the next round.

Elsewhere in the qualifier, Guinea Bissau thrashed Mauritania 6-0 in ‎Nouakchott‎ city.

Ethiopia walloped fellow CECAFA member Burundi 5-0 at the Prince Rwagasore Stadium in Bujumbura.

Burkina Faso edged visiting Gambia 3-2 in Ouagadougou while Zambia fell 2-0 to visiting South Africa in Lusaka.

The 2020 Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup to be jointly hosted in Costa Rica, Panama.

FIFA Women U-20 Qualifiers (First Leg Results):