WAFCON: Zambia beat Nigeria to bronze

The Tremendous Falcons recorded their worst efficiency in Wafcon historical past after shedding to Bruce Mwape’s ladies in Casablanca

Zambia defeated Nigeria 1-0 to win the 2022 Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations third-place play-off on Friday night time.

Evarine Katongo’s first-half effort separated each groups because the Tremendous Falcons paid for his or her wastefulness on the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca.

With simply two minutes into the low-scoring encounter, the primary probability fell to the reigning African champions however Ifeoma Onumonu missed from shut vary after she was arrange by captain Ngozi Okobi.

5 minutes later, the Copper Queens went near discovering the online after Xiomala Mapepa despatched a cross into Nigeria’s objective space, however Ashleigh Plumptre cleared the ball to security.

Other than dominating the opening quarter, the Tremendous Falcons had quite a few scoring probabilities, their best undoing was failing to transform.

Two minutes earlier than the half-hour mark, the reigning African champions paid for his or her unpardonable misses when ZISD Queens midfielder Katongo put Bruce Mwape’s workforce forward.

After working by way of the suitable facet of Nigeria’s backline, Tembo skipped previous Michelle Alozie earlier than sending the ball contained in the objective space. Christy Ucheibe’s lack of ability to clear the ball ensured that Katongo drilled a shot from a long-range shot – with the ball ricocheting the crossbar after which Nnadozie earlier than rolling into the online.

That objective was a actuality examine for Waldrum’s ladies, nonetheless, they had been unable to revive parity.