WAFCON 2022: It’s Ajibade’s Golden Boots Race – Abroad

The 14th Girls Africa Cup of Nations at the moment on stepping into Morocco has received to its latter phases.

The match performed within the cities of Rabat and Casablanca has produced Africa’s 4 representatives for the 2023 Girls’s World Cup to be performed in New Zealand and Australia.

Whereas completely different rivalry abd scores are being settled on the pitch, the race for the Golden boots has simply started as two gamers are locked horns on 3 targets.

Tremendous Falcons’ star and lead striker, Rasheedat Ajibade is joint highest purpose scorer of match alongside with Atlas Lioness’ Ghizlane Chebbak.

Each gamers are caught on three targets after 4 matches have been performed within the match.

Ajibade first netted her first of the match within the 2-1 loss in opposition to South Africa after she scored Nigeria’s comfort within the sport.

The purpose got here late on in further time after an try by Onome Ebi has fallen kindly for her. Ajibade’s second was from the penalty spot in opposition to Burundi within the Falcons third sport of the match.

She additional assisted twice within the Burundi thrashing as she helped Nigeria to a 4-0 win.

Her third would be the match winner in opposition to lengthy standing rivals, Cameroon as her highly effective header condemned the Indomitable Lioness out of the competitors.

In the meantime Ajibade shouldn’t be the one Nigerian within the race as Uchenna Kanu can also be not distant.

Kanu scored a brace in opposition to Burundi to be ranked joint second highest purpose scorer with 9 others.

A purpose every for Peace Efih and Christy Ucheibe and Ifeoma Onumunu completes the record of Nigerians on the scorers chart.

Ajibade alongside her three targets has additionally bagged 2 assists making a complete of 5 targets contribution for the Tremendous Falcons.

Ajibade and Morocco’s Chebbak will settle the scores when each conflict within the semifinals on Monday.

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