Falcons Demolish Shepolopolo 4-0, Battle Ready For Equatorial Guinea

TWO HOME-BASED FALCONS PLAYERS SHINE AS FALCONS BRIGHTEN QUALIFICATIONS HOPE By Theophilus Udo The Super Falcons of Nigeria this evening at the Cape Coast stadium brighten their chances of qualifying from the group stage of the 2018 African women Cup of Nations with an emphatic victory over the Shepolopolo of Zambia Super Falcons thrash Shepolopolo 4-0 with a goal in the first stanza and three in the second stanza. Desire Oparanozie, who scored the lone goal in the final of the last edition of the championship in Cameroon two years ago to help Falcons lift the trophy for eight times blasted past goalkeeper Nali in the 41st minute after a good pass from Francisca Ordega to register Nigeria’s first goal of the tournament Two home base players, Rasheedat Ajibade of FC Robot Queens and Amarachi Okoronkwo of Nassarawa Amazon gave a good account of themselves and the Nigeria Women premier league as they came off the bench to score a goal each for the Super Falcons in the second half. Rasheedat scoring with a spectacular screamer that saw the ball come in off the underside of the bar. Okoronkwo finished beautifully after picking up a loose ball from a corner kick Today scoreline was only two goals short of the 6-0 defeat Zambians received from the Super Falcons in Namibia four years ago, but that would not have been the case had reigning African Woman Player of the Year, Asisat Oshoala did not failed to put away any of one dozen gilt–edged opportunities that came her way. Super Falcons now have three points from two matches and a plus three goals and will next play Equatorial Guinea in the last group B match.