Women’s Champions League: Bayelsa Queens leave for Morocco after botched tour

Bayelsa Queens Football Club will depart the country on Monday ahead of the CAF Women’s Champions League in Morocco.

Nigeriafootball.ng, understands, the team left their base in flood ravaged Yenegoa to Lagos via a chartered airline, United Nigeria on Saturday afternoon and are expected to depart the country in batches, from Monday.

Corrobrating our report, Preye Yabrifa, Media Officer of the team, told the Nigeriafootball.ng on Saturday evening that they would no longer go on a West African tour but would travel straight to Morocco.

“Initially, we planned to go on a playing tour to countries like Togo and Republic of Benin but due to the flood situation in Bayelsa we couldn’t travel as planned,” Yabrifa disclosed.

“Now, we will go to Morocco and play friendlies with some clubs in the country. Our goal is to win the tournament and we are optimistic that we can achieve that.”

Bayelsa Queens qualified for the tournament after winning the WAFU B Qualifiers for the Women’s Champions League and defeating Ghana’s Ampem Darkoa Ladies 3-0 in the final in Côte d’Ivoire.

In Morocco, the Nigeria champions will face holders Mamelodi Sundowns, Wadi Degla and TP Mazembe in Group B.

Eight teams will feature in the final tournament in Morocco from Oct. 30 to Nov. 13.