WAFCON22: Super Falcons Finally Lost A Semifinals Game At The WAFCON But Here 5 Things To Take Away – National

The Tremendous Falcons for the primary time in so a few years is not going to play within the finals of the Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations.

A resilient and resolute 9 ladies’s Tremendous Falcons stood for over an hour to stay within the sport solely to be undone by a penalty shoot-out.

Listed below are 5 takeaways from the Falcons’ first loss within the semifinals since 2008.

1. VARversial

The VAR was launched to scale back controversies within the sport. However just lately it has inflated the speed of controversies within the sport. In yesterday’s sport the place the VAR was used twice to dish out crimson playing cards to Rasheedat Ajibade and Halimatu Ayinde, the VAR didn’t intervene within the stamp on Ohale and in Ifeoma Onumunu’s penalty that was saved as replays have instructed the Moroccan goalkeeper had each ft off the road.

These two conditions may have modified the result of the sport simply as they did with the calls on the crimson card.

2. Waldrum is jittery

Randy Waldrum confirmed jitteriness yesterday. He additionally confirmed that he has not had a lot data of the gamers at his disposal.

Monday Present may have been thrown on a lot earlier, Ifeoma Onumunu was jaded however completed the sport. Peace Efih is youthful and extra energetic therefore she ought to have been introduced on forward of Rita Chikwelu.

Onumunu had no enterprise taking the second penalty, her legs have been gone, all these present how jittery Waldrum is.

3. The subsequent Perpetual Nwokocha

Present Monday got here on and confirmed her arsenal. Rattled the crossbar with a thunderbolt late on.

Her fast ft, tempo, expertise, and ball management triggered the Moroccan protection a lot of concern. She may have been the match winner on the evening however she is certainly the long run.

4. Patriotism

The squad has plenty of foreign-born and foreign-raised gamers however yesterday they confirmed their degree of patriotism.

They performed with the lives and stood agency. With the extent of patriotism exhibited yesterday, a data coach is all that’s wanted to make the Tremendous Falcons, tremendous once more.

5. Double bronze

The Tremendous Falcons solely received bronze on the WAFCON as soon as in 2008. This would be the second time because the event started that the Tremendous Falcons will play within the third place play-off.

A Zambian workforce that feels cheated additionally, awaits within the third place fixture on Friday.

It might certainly be a golden bronze for the women in the event that they ultimately win it.

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