Nigeria’s Super Falcons will be one of the
eight teams to take part in the Women’s
Football Tournament of the 11th All-Africa
Games, in Congo-Brazzavile in September
this year, after spanking Mali’s Senior
Women Team 8-0 in the return leg of an
only qualifying fixture in Abuja on Friday.
Foreign-based stars Asisat Oshoala, Desire
Oparanozie and Francesca Ordega got a
brace each, with another foreign-based
Esther Sunday getting her name on the
scoresheet after Captain Evelyn Nwabuoku
had scored the goal of the evening,
slamming in from the edge of the box off a
corner kick. The fixture ended 9-1 in favour
of Nigeria, as both teams tied 1-1 in
Bamako three weeks ago.
The Falcons, winners of the gold medal of
the women’s football at the 2003 and 2007
All-Africa Games events, return to the
showpiece after missing the 2011
competition in Mozambique.
France –based Oparanozie opened the
floodgate after barely three minutes, and
USA –based Ordega made it two, before
Oparanozie fed England –based Oshoala
and the latter returned the compliment for
a 4-0 lead at half time.
Oshoala braved the odds to make it five two
minutes after resumption, and Ordega
completed her brace after some brilliant
interchange of passes. Nwabuoku had her
say shortly after, and Esther Sunday then
powered into the net from a rebound.
The scoreline could have been more
damning, but the Falcons can at least lookforward to another fixture with the Maliansin a 2016 Olympics qualifier, with the firstleg in Abuja in four weeks’ time.
http://www.thenff.com/2015/04/super-falcons-qualify-for-all-africa-games/

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