Perpetual Nkwocha made sure that
promise was met when she scored
the sealing goal very late into the
second half to see the French
speaking country that ensured the
Falcons miss the to the London
Olympics as Falcons lost 4-3 on
penalties after aggregate scores
stood at 3-3.
Substitute Ngozi Okobi brought life
to Nigeria attack and her pull-out
found the durable Perpetua
Nkwocha at far post to connect home
with a diving header in the 90th
minute to seal a hard-earned victory
for the African champions.
It was the Super Falcons all the way
from the blow of the start whistle
with impressive moves as they
dominated and took the lead at the
tail end of the first half thanks to an
Onyinyechi Ohagugha canon from 20
yards.
Though, it wasn’t all smooth sail
going into the clash which held
today in Equitorial Guinea as the
water-logged pitch adversely
affected the standard of play
culminating into so many chances to
be wasted by both sides, also
denying the players to show their
full potentials on pitch.
On resumption of the second half as
if some dressing room talk down
was handed to the Cameroonians,
Indomitable Lioness of Cameroon
fought back and that paid off as
they drew level in the 53rd minute
with a penalty converted by skipper
Patience Mani after a Nigerian
defender committed an
infringement inside the box.
Before then the Super Falcons had a
chance to double their lead through
Stella Mbachu’s 19-yard shot which
hit the crossbar in the 49th minute.
After their equalizer, the game sort
of changed in favour of the
Cameroonians as they dominated the
better part of second half and would
have taken the lead through a
rebound which Louni fired wide
unfortunately in front of an open
net.
Meanwhile, hosts Equatorial Guinea
beat South Africa 1-0 on Sunday.
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