Chikwelu Among Scorers As Super Falcons Beat Senegal To Qualify For AWCON

The Super Falcons of Nigeria defeated Senegal 2-0 on Tuesday evening to qualify for the 2016 Africa Women Cup of Nations.

Umeå IK attacking midfielder Rita Chikwelu opened the scoring in the 36th minute before Osarenoma Igbinovia added a second for the African powerhouse one minute out of intermission.

Nigeria dictated the play from the start and the scoreline would have been bigger if the strikers had acted more decisively.

On 18 minutes, Hungarian-based forward Ebere Orji missed a descent chance when she failed to connect a pass from Oshoala from the left.

Twelve minutes later, Oshoala was the culprit after her spot kick hit the crossbar and the rebound was blasted over by Orji, and two minutes before the intermission the Arsenal striker would have put Nigeria 2-0 up but missed.

She later atoned for her errors when she teed up Igbinovia for Nigeria’s second goal before picking up a booking in the 53rd minute.

The Super Falcons are joined by Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Egypt,Kenya and Zimbabwe in the finals in Cameroon from 19 November – 3 December 2016, with the remaining spot yet to be decided.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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