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Paris 2024: Super Falcons cage Indomitable Lionesses in a jungle fight

Posted : 24 February 2024

Heavyweights Nigeria and Cameroon fought to a 0-0 draw in their 2024 Women’s Olympic Football Tournament third-round, first-leg encounter in Douala on Friday.


The nine-time champions of Africa took to the pitch with their usual dash and gloss, forcing consecutive throw-ins. However, the game became a back-and-forth battle as time wore on. In the 27th minute, midfielder Toni Payne wasted a good opportunity to put Nigeria ahead.


Twelve minutes later, the Indomitable Lionesses had a sight of goal, but goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, currently one of the world’s safest pair of hands, had things covered.


In the second half, the Lionesses stepped up their game, urged on by the home crowd at the Stade de la Reunification in Douala. However, it was Nigeria that had the ball in the net five minutes into the second half, only for Ugandan referee Shamirah Nabbada to rule Jennifer Echegini offside.


In another match in the penultimate round of the African qualifying series, reigning continental champions South Africa trounced Tanzania’s senior girls 3-0 in Dar es Salaam, with goals from Jermaine Seoposenwe, captain Thembi Kgatlana, and Hildah Magaia. The winner on aggregate of the Nigeria/Cameroon fixture will most likely have to duel with the African champions for a place in Paris.


Both the Super Falcons and the Indomitable Lionesses will clash in the second leg at the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Monday evening.

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