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Nigeria swept a 10th The title of the Africa Women’s Cup on Saturday night after a 3-2 defeat of the Moroccan hosts in a final full of drama in Rabat.
Atlas lions of Morocco had the Olympique of Rabat of complete capacity that breathed strongly after an superlative opening action that saw them take a two -go advantage after 24 minutes of the explosive encounter.
Captain Ghizlane Chebbak threw home a well placed from the edge of the box in 13thminute, capitalizing an unnoticed pass of the Halimatu Ayinde midfielder.
The Lionesses smelled the trophy 11 minutes later, when Saana Mssoude, receiving the ball from a cross to the right, passed by Michelle Alozie to pass through the goalkeeper Chiamaka Nadozie.
Five minutes before the break, Rasheedat Ajibade faced the box when the Falcons advanced forward, but the ball was lost agonizing three of his teammates.
The Falcons, champions nine times in the 12 editions that had previously been held, broke into the second half with the famous Nigerian spiritAnd his fight began at 64th Minute when the ubiquitous Esther Okoronkwo turned a criminal shot.
Okoronkwo vibrant, in form and energetic, Okoronkwo took the matter in his own hands again seven minutes later, dragging his path to the Moroccan box of eighteen yards and then finding follasade ijamilusi who connected sweetly next to the goalkeeper.
The hosts thought they had won a penalty in 78th Minute when the ball hit the hand of defender Tosin Demehin, but after a long verification with the video assistant referee, Namibia referee Antsino Twanyukwa won the penalty prize.
The Super Falcons were now in ancestry, and it was not a surprise when the substitute Jennifer Echegini won the third goal of another free kick by Esther Okoronkwo in 88thminute.
The captain of Nigeria, Rasheedat Ajibade, was appointed tournament player, while the best goalkeeper in Africa during the last two years, Chiamaka Ndadazie was appointed goalkeeper of the tournament.
The victory earned Nigeria a prize of one million dollars and a successful ending for an X mission campaign that caught around the world as a forest fire.
In the case, the Super Falcons decimated the three teams that had defeated them in the 2022 finals were also organized in Morocco.
They defeated Zambia 5-0 in the quarterfinals to avenge a defeat in the third place of the copper queens in 2022. In the semifinals, they surpassed Banyana Banyana of South Africa, which had expired them 2-1 in the group stage in 2022. In the final, they defeated the Atlassa liones that had expired them in the penalty in the penalties in the semi finals in 2022.
They also maintained their history of never losing an AFCon final.
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