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A powerful free kick in the 54th minute by Nigeria’s Desire Oparanozie separated the two sides as the Super Falcons ran away with victory over South Africa’s Bayana Bayana in the second semi-final of the 10th Africa Women Cup of Nations holding in Cameroon yesterday.
With the victory, the Super Falcons are on course for her 8th Africa Women Cup of Nations, as the Florence Omagbemi now face hosts Cameroon in the final on Saturday.
The first hall of the match ended in deadlock before Oparanozie’s deflected free kick in the 54th minute made the difference.
South Africa had a goal chalked off in the first half for offside, otherwise Nigeria dominated with the magical Ngozi Okobi and skipper Rita Chikwelu pulling the strings in midfield.
Late in the game, Ugo Njoku almost caused an own goal but goalkeeper Alaba Jonathan was alert to keep out the danger, before Faith Ikidi made two goal line clearances in quick succession as Banyana Banyana poured forward in a bid to draw level.
Saturday’s final will be a repeat of the 2014 championship game in Namibia which Nigeria won 2-0 at the expense of the Cameroonians.
Ghana and South Africa will play the third-place game on Friday.
Earlier in yesterday, hosts Cameroon today piped Ghana 1-0 to advance to their fourth women’s AWCON final on Saturday in Yaounde.
Raissa Feudjio smashed home from a goalmouth scramble after 72 minutes to give the hosts a well-deserved win over favourites Ghana.
Cameroon were the better team, as they created more chances in their search for the opening goal and deserved their victory as the Black Queens soaked the pressure for most of this contest.
On Saturday in front of their own fans the Lionesses will hope to extend their winning streak at this tournament by beating Nigeria to win their first final after losing their previous three finals.
Two years ago, they lost 2-0 to Nigeria in the final in Namibia.
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