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In less than 10 hours, Nigeria’s flag bearers in the ongoing CAF Women’s Champions League WAFU-B play-off in Côte d’Ivoire, Edo Queens Football Club of Benin, Nigeria, will be back in form today when they take on the feared Hasaacas Ladies FC of Ghana in the second matchday of the fourth edition of the 2024 CAF Women’s Champions League WAFU-B play-off in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
The NWFL champions defeated their first opponent, Niger’s AS Garde Nationale FC, 5-0 in the opening match to move into the driving seat of Group B with 3 points.
Today’s match will be a tough one as Nigeria and Ghana have been competing in this type of match for years. Edo Queens will have to work harder to beat the powerful Ghanaian team.
The result of their first match against AS Garde Nationale has put them on top, making the team a target as other opponents see them as a team to beat.
Now that all eyes are on Edo Queens, they will have to play like wounded lionesses to be able to overcome their Ghanaian counterparts in today’s important encounter.
Nigeria vs Ghana matches have always attracted the attention of football pundits across the continent due to the long-standing rivalries that exist between the two West African countries.
As long as this is a continental mission, a winner in this epic clash will be symbolic, in the sense that one has been able to demonstrate supremacy over the other.
Edo Queens are confident that at the end of this great continental competition they will have achieved what no other Nigerian women’s inter-club team has managed to do.
Players like Esther Iyange, Suliat Abideen, Emem Essien, Monle Oyono, Folashade Ijamilusi, Alake Kasali, Uroko Valentino and others would do their best to dazzle in today’s clash to justify their huge salaries and also grab the opportunity to get in front of several European and African football scouts who are keen on landing sensational players for the ready-made market abroad.
Victory for Nigeria’s representatives in this first stage of the WAFU-B play-off will give them the opportunity to advance further in the competition.
Coach Moses Aduku has repeatedly told his players that their mission in the CAF Women’s Champions League is to become the first Nigerian women’s football coach to win the prestigious CAF trophy.
That is why the prayers of everyone in Edo State and Nigeria at large are being raised to make this dream come true.
Kick-off for today’s titanic clash will be at 04:00 GMT and the venue will be the Stade de la Paix de Stadium Bouake.
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