Pakistan, April 14 -- Pakistan delivered a spirited performance but fell to a narrow 1-0 defeat against Mauritania in their FIFA Series clash at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan. Coming off a historic 8-0 win over Turks and Caicos Islands, Pakistan entered the match with confidence and created several scoring opportunities throughout the game.

The decisive moment came in the 20th minute when Ramata Gengui struck a superb long-range volley to give Mauritania the lead, as they bounced back strongly from their heavy defeat against Cote d'Ivoire.

Pakistan responded positively, with Nadia Khan fresh from becoming the country's all-time top scorer testing the goalkeeper early on. Mariam Mahmood and Kayla Siddiqi also came close before h...