Nigeria and Ghana go toe-to-toe in the semi-finals of the WAFU
Women’s Cup tournament for the second year running and the Black Queens are the
ones truly in awe after watching the African champions ship 22 goals past
opponents in three group phase matches in the Ivorian capital, Abidjan.
Both teams are in the top drawer of
African women football, and last year, the Queens got the better of the Super
Falcons to reach the final of the WAFU Cup.
However, this year has been a
different ball game, with World Cup-bound Nigeria bashing their counterparts
from Burkina Faso 5-1 and defeating Mali 2-0, either side of a record 15-0
mauling of the dames from the Niger Republic.
Both teams avoided each other at the
Women Africa Cup of Nations hosted by Ghana towards the end of last year, as
the host nation headed Group A and the Cup holders headed Group B. The Black
Queens fell by the wayside at the group stage as the Falcons successfully
defended their title.
Thursday is a huge opportunity to
rekindle the famed Nigeria/Ghana rivalry, at the Stade Robert Champroux, as
both teams seek a place in the WAFU Cup final.
The Queens are sure to pay the most
attention to USA –based student Uchenna Grace Kanu, who has increased her
tournament goal haul to nine, after scoring one of the two goals in the defeat
of Mali on Tuesday evening.
The other semifinal match is between
host nation Cote d’Ivoire and Mali.
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