It would be a repeat
of the 2016 Final in Yaounde as Nigeria and Cameroon face off in the first semi
final of the 11th Women Africa Cup of Nations in Accra on Tuesday,
after the Cup holders lashed Equatorial Guinea 6-0 in Cape Coast on Saturday.
Desire Oparanozie
signaled it would be another day of several misses when she poorly hit the ball
with only the goalkeeper to beat after two minutes. Asisat Oshoala’s sky –high,
long range free –kick followed four minutes later, but all –action forward
Francisca Ordega, Player of the Match in the 4-0 defeat of Zambia on Wednesday,
shot Nigeria into the lead after 10 minutes with a poacher’s strike from a Rita
Chikwelu pass.
Two minutes later,
Asisat finished well from a Desire Oparanozie pull –out to make it two for the
Super Falcons, but this was followed by Ngozi Okobi wasting another glorious
opportunity in the 19th minute.
Oshoala netted her
second of the day and Nigeria’s third when she cooly angled the ball from
Halimat Ayinde’s pass, but then booted another good chance wide on the half
hour.
Oshoala completed her
hat –trick in the 34th minute, nodding twice from another Oparanozie
pull –out to make it four for the champions.
In the second half,
the Nzalang Nacional, who lost 1-7 to South Africa’s Banyana Banyana on
Wednesday in Cape Coast, looked brighter, but then Oparanozie’s fierce shot
that took a deflection on its way into the net from a brilliant Ordega move and
pass took the fight out of them.
Substitute Anam Imo
sliced her shot horribly off target seconds after coming into the fray, and
after Rita Chikwelu got the sixth by running well onto a pass from Ngozi Ebere
to outfox the goalkeeper, Oshoala wasted another one-on-one with the opposing
goalkeeper.
In the other match of
Group B played in Accra, South Africa and Zambia tied 1-1, meaning the Zambians
head home while South Africa head back to Cape Coast to tackle Mali in
Tuesday’s second semi final.
GHANA 2018 SEMI FINAL MATCHES
TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER
Cameroon Vs Nigeria - Accra
South Africa Vs Mali - Cape Coast
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