{"id":22563,"date":"2025-07-10T22:05:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T22:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/?p=22563"},"modified":"2025-07-10T22:05:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T22:05:47","slug":"mission-x-super-falcons-take-three-points-off-botswana-qualify-for-last-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kick442.com\/fr\/mission-x-super-falcons-take-three-points-off-botswana-qualify-for-last-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission X: Super Falcons take three points off Botswana, qualify for last eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nigeria\u2019s campaign for a 10th continental title at the 13th Women Africa Cup of Nations plodded frontally on Thursday after the Super Falcons bagged all three points against their counterparts from Botswana to reach the competition\u2019s quarter finals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mexico-based Chinwendu Ihezuo, scorer of the third goal in the 3-0 rout of Tunisia on Sunday, stretched her left leg adroitly to connect from a great pass by Esther Okoronkwo and give Nigeria the day from a largely-scrappy encounter in Casablanca.<\/p>\n<p>Refilwe Tholakele indicated early on that it was not going to be an all-Nigeria evening, as her fierce shot from a bold move from the Southern Africans rattled goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, who had to make a second save as the ball spilled.<\/p>\n<p>Botswana threw women in numbers behind the ball as they opted for damage limitation, and nearly came out in flying colours as captain Rasheed Ajibade, Asisat Oshoala, Toni Payne and Rinsola Babajide could find no thoroughfare to the goal-line.<\/p>\n<p>Midway into the first stanza, attack-minded defender Ashley Plumptre surged forward again but missed a good chance from Ajibade\u2019s pass. Eleven minutes later, Payne skyrocketed when clear on goal from another cross from the right.<\/p>\n<p>The scrappy nature was the same in the second half, with the opposition stifling play with numbers in midfield and defence. Substitute Ihezuo headed over the bar in the 48th minute and the energetic Plumptre saw her tricky shot heaved over the sticks by goalkeeper Maitumelo Bosija in the 64th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Substitute Jennifer Echegini came close with a snapshot in the 71st minute, and then called upon the agility of South Africa-based Bosija with an angled shot in the 82nd minute.<\/p>\n<p>The Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper was finally beaten with a minute left in regulation time, when Okoronkwo foxed the Botswana rearguard before a well-placed pass that Ihezuo converted for all three points.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Falcons will take on Algeria in their last match of group B on Sunday evening, at the same Larbi Zaouli Stadium.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s campaign for a 10th continental title at the 13th Women Africa Cup of&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,207,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-football","category-awcon","category-football"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - 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