BascoVanVeli:

LOL Oshoala could have 6 by her self.

She has 4 now

Why was Wogu not in u20? Very good talent.

Ghana losing 0-1 for now... @ 57mins.
Could Kenya produce a shock??

Kenya just got screwed.

Now Ghana faces the ref.

Looollll... Sir Basco... Looll Ghana 2-1 Kenya

TheSuperNerd:
Looollll... Sir Basco... Looll Ghana 2-1 Kenya

I don't think that was a penalty though.

TheSuperNerd:
Looollll... Sir Basco... Looll Ghana 2-1 Kenya

Kenya played the crowd and the ref. We should watch out for them they are very raw and strong. To me they are better than Ghana barring their poor keeper.

Kenya is a good side despite being debutants. They had a good run in the cecafa championship prior to this tournament. They may be newbies but they got heart and fighting spirit. They would have made the biggest news today if not for the referee and ofcos their poor goalie....

So the AWCON rolls on.....

BascoVanVeli:


Kenya played the crowd and the ref. We should watch out for them they are very raw and strong. To me they are better than Ghana barring their poor keeper.

TheSuperNerd:
Kenya is a good side despite being debutants. They had a good run in the cecafa championship prior to this tournament. They may be newbies but they got heart and fighting spirit. They would have made the biggest news today if not for the referee and ofcos their poor goalie....

So the AWCON rolls on.....

Yeah they reached cecafa final, and also beat Benfica(Portuguese champions) 3-0, and Espanyol in the COTIF tournament in Spain, same Ese Akida was top scorer in those tournaments, Kenya has simply had the best preparation coming into this competition.

AWCON Round-up: Matchday 1 and 2

Cameroun 2-0 Egypt

South Africa 0-0 Zimbabwe (battle of the Olympics reps)

Ghana 3-1 Kenya

Nigeria 6-0 Mali

Yeah Akida... Heard so much about her... Loolll

Kenya got some fine talents on display and their preparation was indeed top notch.

kilo4sure:

Yeah they reached cecafa final, and also beat Benfica(Portuguese champions) 3-0, and Espanyol in the COTIF tournament in Spain, same Ese Akida was top scorer in those tournaments, Kenya has simply had the best preparation coming into this competition.

kilo4sure:

Yeah they reached cecafa final, and also beat Benfica(Portuguese champions) 3-0, and Espanyol in the COTIF tournament in Spain, same Ese Akida was top scorer in those tournaments, Kenya has simply had the best preparation coming into this competition.

yeah you are right,kenya is the most prepared team in this tournament

Some Pixs from the action (Nigeria 6-0 Mali).

Courtesy: Cafonline.com

Uchechi Sunday (no.20) of Nigeria

Super Falcons Head Coach, Florence Omagbemi on the touchline

Super Falcons starting XI before kickoff

"Super Zee" Oshoala (no. in action

Oshoala destroys the Malian keeper

Super Zee reels away in celebration

Jubilant Super Falcons

So Okobi and Desire sat on the bench through the duration of the match.
This team is loaded ooo.
How I wish the NFF can give a "Rohr" to this team.

Orkpekyandega:
So Okobi and Desire sat on the bench through the duration of the match.
This team is loaded ooo.
How I wish the NFF can give a "Rohr" to this team.

Lol, let's still give omagbemi kudos

kilo4sure:

Lol, let's still give omagbemi kudos

4sure

Basigi now focused on Nigeria game

Yusif Basigi

Ghana head coach, Yusif Basigi, has made the
first comments ahead of his team's clash against
African champions Nigeria this Wednesday in the Africa Women Cup of Nations (Awcon).

Basigi watched from the sidelines as his Black
Queens came back from a goal behind to defeat
Kenya 3-1 but knows that the Nigeria game will
be "different."


Nigeria's Super Falcons ran over Mali 6-0 in their
first game at the Awcon in Cameroon on Sunday
with Arsenal Ladies star, Asisat Oshoala, scoring
four of the goals and Basigi thinks his team will
not be outplayed that way.


"Ghana versus Nigeria is always a different ball
game. They massacred Mali 6-0 but it doesn’t
mean that they will massacre Ghana. Let the day come and we will see what happens," Basigi said at the post-match after their win over Kenya.


The former Sekondi Hasaacas trainer then took
time to talk of his team's comeback after Kenya
surprisingly took the lead through Esse Akiba in
Sunday's contest at the Stade Municipal de
Limbe.


He explained that the Black Queens did not
underrate the Harambee Starlets.

Basigi lifted the lid on how his locker room pep
talk galvanised the Black Queens to do a
comeback and win 3-1.


"Any team at this competition is worthy of being crowned champion and don’t have to be
underrated. I had not seen Kenya play and their
determination was different. But we did not
underrate them.

"We started well in the first five minutes and had a goal disallowed. It turned on us and they had a goal and it boosted their confidence. The opener dawned on my players. During recess, I talked to them and brought them back to life," said Basigi.


The Nigeria versus Ghana game is live on
SuperSport 9 from 4.50pm CAT.



Source: http://mobi.supersport.com/football/african-women-champs/news/161121/Basigi_now_focused_on_Nigeria_game

^^
All na wash.
Oshoala and Ikidi will punish them with goals.

I don't think Caf has done enough for the progress of women's football in the continent. There should be 12 or 16 teams in this tournament. There are countries better than Mali that missed out becos they were drawn against an heavyweight.

Full match with English and French commentaries... Nigeria vs Mali


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvTXHCnGvZQ&t=7503s

You're right. Senegal is an example. Another is Ivory Coast. Equatorial Guinea arent here because they fielded an ineligible player against Mali whom they beat 3-2 on aggregate (our first match would have been against Equatorial Guinea and not even Mali...).

Caf is not serious about the women's game. We should at least have one continental Club competition for African women soccer clubs but Caf is still beating about the bush on that matter.

The AWCON should have been expanded by now to 12 teams but nope... CAF is too lazy to help women football out yet they want the game to grow??

CFCman once suggested that our NFF make application for our Team as the best in Africa to feature in the Algarve cup or even the cyprus women's cup. These are prestigious International women's soccer competitions that are held "ANNUALLY" and provides keen tests for any team participating.

South Africa took part in the Cyprus women's cup earlier this year before the Olympics. So what stops us??

The thing is the algarve and cyprus cups take place at similar times annually so we can only be at one and I totally prefer the Algarve cup. The best/most elite teams competes there.


African women's football wount grow until we increase the competition among ourselves and also get more exposure so that the fifa women's world cup will stop being like "a strange place to excel".

BascoVanVeli:
I don't think Caf has done enough for the progress of women's football in the continent. There should be 12 or 16 teams in this tournament. There are countries better than Mali that missed out becos they were drawn against an heavyweight.

BascoVanVeli:
I don't think Caf has done enough for the progress of women's football in the continent. There should be 12 or 16 teams in this tournament. There are countries better than Mali that missed out becos they were drawn against an heavyweight.

Good point!

I don't see any reason why CAF can't introduce a 12-team tournament in 2018. Or are they too dumb to realize that they (CAF) would earn more revenue, via television rights, if the competition is expanded?

And I'm in support of TheSuperNerd's idea of a continental club completion, even if it's only Nigerian, South African, Ghanaian and Cameroonian clubs that participate.

The key for the Super Falcons tomorrow, would be to pass the ball quicker and maintain their dynamic movement, when in possession of the ball.

It's highly unlikely that Ghana would afford the Falcons all the space and time in midfield to pick out Oshoala or Ordega with slide-rule passes.

Against Mali, the likes of Chikwelu and Ayinde could eat meal of eba and ewedu, finish their meal, and pick out a pass. They had a ridiculous amount of freedom in the middle of the park.

Oshoala, being a top player in the English WSL, could be earning between £32,000-£35,000/year. That's over N16 million per annum.

BascoVanVeli:
I don't think Caf has done enough for the progress of women's football in the continent. There should be 12 or 16 teams in this tournament. There are countries better than Mali that missed out becos they were drawn against an heavyweight.

Yeah l think both Tanzania and Ethiopia have improved over the years.

^^
Talk is cheap