2024 WAFCONQ: Cape Verde set to land in Nigeria on Tuesday

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Cape Verde women’s national team are set to land in Nigeria on Tuesday ahead of Thursday’s 2024 Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Qualifiers with Nigerian counterparts.

The Cape Verde Football Federation (Federacao Cabo-verdiana de Futebol) confirmed this on their social media handle on Monday, with the team training in Senegal for some days in preparation for the first leg of the final round of qualifiers.

The Super Falcons will host the first leg of the fixture against their counterparts from Cape Verde at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Thursday, 30th November.

The second leg of the encounter is scheduled for the Santiago-Estadio Nacional Blue Shark in Praia on Tuesday, 5th December.

To reach the final round, the Central Africans accomplished a commanding 6-2 aggregate win over their counterparts from Liberia to set up a tie with the nine-time African champions.

The first leg in Praia ended 3-0 before a 3-2 second leg win over in Monrovia.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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