Nigeria's under-18 women's handball team lost their second match at the 19th Africa Women's Youth Handball Championship on Sunday to Guinea with a 23-20 defeat.
Nigeria was meeting a vengeful Guinea side that they defeated twice to win the IHF Women Trophy Africa Continental Phase in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
The Guineans, who drew their first match of this championship against host Tunisia, threw everything into the game to ensure they avenged those painful defeats in Ivory Coast.
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Nigeria struggles against Guinea
Coach Shittu Agboola led team struggled to impose themselves in the game as they had a lot of turnovers and didn't take their chances.
The youngsters found the Guinean defence a difficult hard to nut as the Guineans defended stoutly to take the first half by five goals after a 13-8 lead.
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Guinea responded superbly to whatever their more illustrious opponents, Nigeria, threw at them and kept up their excellent defensive performance as they held on for the win.
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