Super Falcons earn $ 1 million to win Wafcon

Nigeria swept away a tenth African woman from the Nations Cup title on Saturday evening after a 3-2 defeat for Morocco guests in a final full of dramas in Rabat.

The Lionesses of Atlas Del Morocco had the Olympique de Rabat in all capacity that was heavily breathed after a superlative opening performance that saw them take an advantage of two goals after 24 minutes of the explosive meeting.
Captain Ghizlane Chebbak reduced home a shot well positioned from the edge of the box to the 13th minute, capitalizing on an involuntary passage of midfielder Halimatu Ayinde.
The lionesse were sniffing the trophy 11 minutes later, when Saana Msssoudy, receiving the ball from a cross on the right, scarred in front of Michelle Alozie to destroy the goalkeeper Call Nnadozie.
Five minutes before the break, Rasheedat Ajibade squares himself in the box while the Falcons went forward, but the ball was missing distressing three of his teammates.
The Falcons, samples nine times in the 12 editions that had been kept previously, went back in the second half with the famous Nigerian spirit, and started their 64th minute fight in which the omnipresent Esther Okoronkwo converted a penalty kick.

Vibrant, fighter and energetic, Okoronkwo took the situation again in his hand seven minutes later, making his way in the Moroccan box of eighteen Yard and then finding Folasade Ijamiusi who gently connected to the goalkeeper.
The hosts thought they had won a penalty in the 78th minute when the ball hit the hand of the defender Tosin Demevin, but after a long control with the assistant video referee, the referee Namibiano Antsino Twanyanyukwa marked the penalty prize.
The Super Falcons were now on the rise and it was not a surprise when the replacement Jennifer Echegini swept the third goal at home by another free-board of Esther Okoronkwo at the 88th minute.
The captain of Nigeria Rasheedat Ajibade has been appointed tournament player, while the best African goalkeeper in the last two years, callska nnadozie has been appointed goalkeeper of the tournament.
Victory has gained Nigeria from a $ 1 million prize and a successful conclusion for a mission X campaign that took the world like Wildfire.
If the Super Falcons decimated all three teams that had beaten them in the 2022 finals also staged in Morocco.
They defeated Zambia 5-0 in the quarterfinals to avenge a defeat of third place by the copper queens in 2022. In the semifinals, they blocked Banyana Banyana in South Africa who had beaten them 2-1 in the group stage in 2022. In the final, they defeated the lion of the Atlas who had beaten the penalty shootings in the semifinals in 2022.
They also kept their register never to lose a final of women.