Arsenal, Enyeama congratulate Super Falcons, Oshoala

 

By Rasaq Oboirien

ARSENAL Ladies and ex-Super Eagles skipper, Vincent Enyeama have congratulated Super Falcons as they won a record 8th record African Women Championship title beating Cameroon Indomitable Lionesses 1-0 in the finals on Saturday, reports NaijaSportsXtra.blogspot.com.

Desire Oparanozie scored the only goal of the game to silence the home fans inside a pack full stadium in Yaoundé.

The English women club side shared a post on the official Twitter handle and read‪ @ArsenalLadies: "‬Congratulations to ‪@AsisatOshoala‬ and Nigeria, winning the Africa Women's Cup of Nations... again! ‪#AWCON2016‬."

A delighted Enyeama on his handle, vinny‏ ‪@vinpee tweet: "‬Keep on shining.bosses.congratulations ‪#superFalcons‬ of Nigeria#mayhemUnleashed#AWCON2016CHAMPIONS."

Ex-Falconets, Courtney Dike‏‪ expressed her joy after Falcons claim the title at the expense of Cameroon. She said on @CourtneyDike‬: "Congratulations to my teammates! AWCON CHAMPS once again! 

‪#SuperFalcons‬ ‪@NGSuper_Falcons‬ ‪@oparanozie9‬ ‪@AsisatOshoala‬ ‪@OrdegaF‬ ‪@NgoziOkobi.‬

Nigeria hip-hop duo, Peter Okoye of PSquare said on his Twitter handle @PeterPsquare: "Congratulations to the super Falcons....Abeg we no wan hear say them give them 10-10k or only presidential hand shake.🙈 Me ano go gree!😡😡."

Oshoala who emerged the championship top scorer with 6goals said: "‪All I do is win.....win no matter what!!! ‬Proud moment.

Cameroon oil magnet dangles N15m carrot on Lionesses to beat Falcons

 

By Rasaq Oboirien

CAMEROON oil magnet, Bougne Dieudonné has dangled a whooping sum of N15, 297, 850 million on the Lionesses to beat Super Falcons in the AWCON 2016 finals on Saturday, reports NaijaSportsXtra.blogspot.

This will be a third time both teams are meeting in the women's finals, but the Falcons have got the edge over the Lionesses, as they have won their past meetings in 2006 and 2014.

CEO of the oil group and industrialists told the team that if the result go in their favor or not, that he has pledged the sum of 30 million CFA Francs for the brave Indomitable Lionesses as they have made the country proud after reaching the final without recording a draw or defeat.

The team he said will be hosted to a solemn ceremony in Yaoundé on Sunday.

Recall that after losing the 2014 finals to Nigeria in Nambia, Cameroon Lionesses also missed out in the FIFA World Cup in Canada, Bocom Oil Group splashed the sum of 12 million CFA francs (about N6,119,140 million) on the team as a way of boost them.

Both Cameroon and Nigeria got to the AWCON 2016 finals after beating Ghana and South Africa by a lone goal in their respective semi-final games.

Oparanozie's winning strike against Banyana fantastic-Ellis

 

By Our Reporter

BANYANA Banyana Head Coach, Desiree Ellis has described Desire Oparanozie's lighting bolt strike as fantastic, reports NaijaSportsXtra.blogspot.com.

The Falcons and Guingamp of France ace sent Nigeria to yet another Africa Women Cup of Nations final with a 54th sublime goal from a free-kick.

Ellis in a post-match chat with CAF said: "Our plan worked for most of the time. We stifled Nigeria and it took a moment of madness, I’m not sure whether it was a free-kick or not, and what a fantastic strike by Desire Oparanozie. 

"We had our chances and once again not converting them. We had a few chances and we dominated most of the time. Goals win games and unfortunately we did not score.  I think South Africans can be proud of Banyana Baynana. We came and we fought hard."

The South Africans will lock horns against Ghana for the bronze medal.

For a delighted 

Florence Omagbemi who could become the first player turn coach to win the AWCON title didn't hide her verdict about the South African women team.

"I commend South Africa for giving us a good game. We knew we were playing the semi-final and our goal was to win. 

"In football, sometimes you are not impressed with the performance of your team, but at the end of the day you want to win. Today was not one of our best games and even the players can testify to that, but at the end we won and that was what we came here to do. 

"It is not easy to win a game like this with such a performance so I give my players the credit. 

"It was a different approach from first half to second half. The players carried the game too much and psychologically some of them were overwhelmed. In the second half, we asked them to relax and play simple. It will prepare us for the final against Cameroon and we will try to make some adjustments."

AWCON 2016: President Buhari showers praise on Super Falcons

 

By Rasaq Oboirien

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has showered praises on Nigeria's Super Falcons for reaching the finals of the African Women Nations Cup (AWCON) in Cameroon, reports NaijaSportsXtra.blogspot.com.

The coach Florence Omagbemi side on Tuesday evening pipped rivals, South Africa's Banyana Banyana in a thrilling semi-final game at the Stade de Limbe.

Desire Oparanozie who earned her first start in the competition fired in a lightning bolt free-kick in the 54th minute past goalkeeper Andile Dlamini, after Halimatu Ayinde was fouled near Banyana Banyana’s box.

A delighted President Buhari on his official Twitter handle, @MBuhari read: "Our Super Falcons have made Nigeria proud again. The entire country looks forward to the #AWCON2016 Final on Saturday."

With this, South Africa will face Ghana in the third place on Friday, while Saturday's showpiece at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, will be a repeat of the 2014 final in Namibia where Nigeria beat the Cameroon Indomitable Lionesses.

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