The weekend’s women’s friendly internationals featured a fightback by Nigeria to draw 3-3 with Portugal.
Portugal twice held a two-goal advantage over Nigeria but a 95th-minute equaliser gave the Super Falcons a draw. Chidinma Okeke put through her own net and Carole Costa also struck before Michelle Alozie pulled a goal back on half-time and although Tema Encarnacao then made it 3-1, a Diana Gomes own-goal and very late Rasheedat Ajibade effort saw the game end 3-3.
Jassina Blom gave Belgium a ninth-minute lead in Luxembourg but it proved to be a narrow win for the Red Flames, with that the only goal.
The USA made a flying start in their 4-0 win over Jamaica, Carli Lloyd netting in the first minute and Lindsay Horan converting a seventh-minute penalty. Margaret Purce got a third midway through the half but it wasn’t until second-half stoppage-time that Alex Morgan completed the scoring.
Arsenal’s Mana Iwabuchi gave Japan a half-time lead against Mexico, on the way to a 5-1 win.
Other results:
Baltic Cup Final
Estonia 4-1 Latvia
Third place match
Lithuania 2-0 Faroe Islands
Friendlies
Armenia 2-1 Kazakhstan
Costa Rica 3-1 Guatemala
Jordan 0-2 Tunisia
Malta 1-0 Montenegro
Slovenia 4-1 Croatia
Uruguay 5-1 Puerto Rico
