The 2022 women’s CAN in Morocco presented three formidable oppositions on Sunday, July 3rd. Group A saw Senegal beat Uganda 2-0 by Morocco. Pool B: Cameroon and Zambia were left with a goalless draw. Tunisia beat Togo 4-1.
Tunisia won a convincing victory against Togo on Sunday. The Carthage Eagles defeated their opponents 4-1, and thus began the women’s AFCON in Morocco in a positive manner.
The Tunisians pressed the accelerator early in this match, opening up the scoring through Mariem Houtij. Sabrine Ellouzi, her teammate, followed suit eleven minutes later and broke for the team. The Togolese, despite being cornered, managed to recover before the break on penalty (22′).
In the second half The Eagles of CarthageSabrine Ellouzi (60′) allows them to resume the game and scores again. The 25-year old striker offers herself a double. Tunisia took the lead while in control. They scored a fourth goal (71′), to make it 2-1. The score will not change.
Cameroon and Zambia part ways
We have the first 0-0 of this women’s CAN. It was the Group A match between Cameroon, Zambia, and Njoya Ajara N’Chout. Despite Njoya N’Chout, their star, the Indomitable Lionesses couldn’t find the fault.
She also believed she could bring success to her country by being an Inter Milan striker. His goal is disallowed due to his offside position. Samuel Eto’o, president of Cameroon Football Federation and Rigobert Song coach of the Indomitable Lions were present in the stands.
The Zambians played without Barbara Banda, their star scorer. She was rejected by CAF because of her very high testosterone levels.
Senegal secure against Uganda
For his entry into The 2022 women’s CAN in Morocco Senegal assured. The Lionesses of Teranga beat Uganda 2-0.
After a hotly contested first half hour between the two teams, it was finally Senegal who managed to find the fault with a penalty converted by Ndèye Awa Diakhaté (37′). N’Guenar Ndiaye gave the Lionesses the opportunity to break at the end of the second quarter, allowing them to be freed from the burden of this goal. The Ugandan goalkeeper was not able to stop him, so he allowed the ball to slide into the net (53’).
Senegal is now the first country to win the competition. group AMorocco is ahead. In their second match, Burkina Faso will face the Lionesses of Teranga.
Source: sportnewsafrica
