Nine-time African champions, Super Falcons, have booked their ticket to the 13th edition of the Africa Women Cup of Nations in majestic style following a 2-1 defeat of hosts Cape Verde on Tuesday’s evening, making it 7-1 aggregate win in the final round of the qualification series.
The hosts started like a house on fire at the Santiago-Estádio Nacional Cabo Verde in Praia, raiding the Super Falcons’ goal area, and their quick-off-the-blocks approach paid off when Ivania Tavares Moreira got the ball past goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie for a goal in the 9th minute.
Sensing the possibility of being able to do the unexpected, the Cape Verdeans swarmed all over the Nigerian rear and earned a couple of corner kicks in the process, but the resilient Super Falcons, spurred on by members of the Nigerian community cheering in the stands, quickly repelled the onslaughts and launched some of their own.
A couple of corner kicks and free-kicks after, the Nigerians rose to the ascendancy, but…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
