Harnie Gold
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Nigeria’s women team the Super Falcons, has on Thursday, July 14, qualified for the semi-finals of the ongoing Women Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco after defeating the Cameroon women team the indomitable lionesses by 1-0 in quarter-final fixture played in Casablanca.
The indomitable team captained by Christine Patiance Manie,was defeated by the super Falcons after Rasheedat Ajibade’s 56th-minute goal assisted by Onumonu.
Yesterday's victory, has secured an automatic ticket for the Super Falcons to the FIFA women's world cup in New Zealand and Australia in 2023.
In a statement released by Special Adviser to the President, Media & Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina,
The president said:
“The President lauds the spirited performance of the team in the tournament and for maintaining its dominant posture as undisputed champions of the round-leather game and most successful international women’s football team in the continent,” the staTement read.
‘”Having won the tournament twice in 2016 and 2018, under this administration, the President assures the girls and their handlers that the whole nation is strongly standing with them and will continue to cheer them on until the final whistle in Morocco.”