Rivers Angels fullback Gloria Ofoegbu has expressed her delight at opening her goalscoring account at the ongoing Africa Women&rsquo;s Championship.<br /><br />The former Falconets skipper enhanced her reputation as one of the dead-ball specialists in the Falcons squad after scoring in the first half as nailed on favourites Nigeria beat Namibia 2 - 0 on Friday to book their place in the semi - finals.<br /><br /><span class="st"><span class="st">&ldquo;I feel so blessed by God and honoured to score for my country. Really, I was so happy because it was my first game</span></span><span class="st"><span class="st">,<span style="" class="notranslate"></span><span class="st">&rdquo; says Gloria Ofoegbu to <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b>.<br /><br /></span></span></span><span class="st"><span class="st">&ldquo;The captain wanted me to take the free - kick , so she told me to take it because it</span></span> was from my position and the post was open too<span class="st">.<br /><br /></span><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">&ldquo;She and Pepe encouraged me to take which I did and had the goal.</span></span></span><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"> I am confident we can win the semi - final.&rdquo;<br /><br />Nigeria and fellow West Africans Ivory Coast have progressed to the last four of the competition.<br /></span></span></span></span></span><br />Photo Credit : fifa.com<br /><br /><br /></span><span class="st"></span>