Falconets spank Young Lionesses 3-0 to inflict more misery on Cameroon
There appears to be no respite for Cameroonian football fans as the women’s national U-20 team of Nigeria, the Falconets, yesterday spanked their counterparts, the Young Lionesses 3-0 yesterday to reach the final round of the qualification series for this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup to be staged in Costa Rica. It will be […]
Falconets Head Coach, Chris Danjuma gestures during one of the team’s training sessions at the MKO Abiola National stadium in Abuja
There appears to be no respite for Cameroonian football fans as the women’s national U-20 team of Nigeria, the Falconets, yesterday spanked their counterparts, the Young Lionesses 3-0 yesterday to reach the final round of the qualification series for this year’s FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup to be staged in Costa Rica.
It will be recalled that the hearts of football fans in Cameroon were broken last Thursday following the elimination of the Indomitable Lions from the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) by the Pharaohs of Egypt.
Yesterday’s World Cup qualifiers at the revamped MKO Abiola National stadium Abuja was the first international match at Nigeria’s premium sporting arena since the Falcons defeated their Senegalese counterparts 2-0 in a Women Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match in April 2016.
A brace by left –sided midfielder Esther Onyenezide and one by Precious Vincent sent the Young Lionesses back to Yaounde empty –handed to pile more misery on Cameroon fans who are yet to recover from the shock of the 2021 AFCON semi-final misadventure.
Onyenezide struck after 22 minutes, before Vincent increased the worries of the visitors eight minutes from the interval. Onyenezide struck again in the 73rd minute to put the match beyond the Lionesses.
The Falconets will now tango with the winner of the Morocco-Senegal fixture in a two-legged affair next month for a slot at the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica in August.