Nigeria 4-0 Burundi: The Super Falcons confirm their ticket to the quarter-finals, against Cameroon on Thursday
Nigeria's women's football team, the Super Falcons, have qualified for the quarter-finals of the ongoing Women's Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
The Super Falcons sealed their place in the last eight after a 4-0 thrashing against Burundi at Stade Moulay Hassan in Rabat on Sunday night in their final group match.
Appropriately dubbed a David vs. Goliath battle, the Super Falcons put on a dominating display on Sunday with three goals in the first half and one more in the next 45 minutes.
After finding their way back to victory against Botswana on Thursday, the Super Falcons continued where they left off in Sunday's final group game.
Coach Randy Waldrum's ladies came out smoking from the whistle and nearly broke the deadlock in just two minutes.
Ifeoma Onumonu, who broke the deadlock in the game against Botswana, took the first shot on goal in Sunday's encounter but it went off target.
The Super Falcons had a flurry of chances afterwards but were only able to break the deadlock in the 23rd minute when Burundi keeper Jeanine Irakoze knocked down Rasheedat Ajibade in the box and offered a penalty in Nigeria.
The blue-haired Ajibade dusted herself off to take the awarded penalty and she put Nigeria ahead in the 25th minute.
That first goal was all Nigeria needed to rattle the Swallows as they conceded a second just three minutes after conceding the first. Peace Efih put the ball in the net to make it 2-0 as she benefited from an assist from the in-form Ajibade.
ALSO READ: WAFCON: What Oshoala's absence should mean for the Super FalconsThe Central Africans had barely caught their breath when Uchenna Kanu sent the ball into the empty net to make it 3-0 just before the half hour mark thanks to another assist from Ajibade.< /p>
The Super Falcons took their three-goal lead in the second half and continued where they left off with another Kanu goal just after the restart.
Although the Super Falcons had a few more chances in the second half, they settled for a 4-0 win that saw them advance to the quarter-finals as runners-up in Group C.
>South Africa picked up three wins from three games to finish top of Group C with a maximum of nine points after beating Botswana by a single goal on Sunday night.
The quarter-final matches will be hotly contested as the four semi-finalists of this competition will fly the African flag at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 which will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
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Nigeria's women's football team, the Super Falcons, have qualified for the quarter-finals of the ongoing Women's Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
The Super Falcons sealed their place in the last eight after a 4-0 thrashing against Burundi at Stade Moulay Hassan in Rabat on Sunday night in their final group match.
Appropriately dubbed a David vs. Goliath battle, the Super Falcons put on a dominating display on Sunday with three goals in the first half and one more in the next 45 minutes.
After finding their way back to victory against Botswana on Thursday, the Super Falcons continued where they left off in Sunday's final group game.
Coach Randy Waldrum's ladies came out smoking from the whistle and nearly broke the deadlock in just two minutes.
Ifeoma Onumonu, who broke the deadlock in the game against Botswana, took the first shot on goal in Sunday's encounter but it went off target.
The Super Falcons had a flurry of chances afterwards but were only able to break the deadlock in the 23rd minute when Burundi keeper Jeanine Irakoze knocked down Rasheedat Ajibade in the box and offered a penalty in Nigeria.
The blue-haired Ajibade dusted herself off to take the awarded penalty and she put Nigeria ahead in the 25th minute.
That first goal was all Nigeria needed to rattle the Swallows as they conceded a second just three minutes after conceding the first. Peace Efih put the ball in the net to make it 2-0 as she benefited from an assist from the in-form Ajibade.
ALSO READ: WAFCON: What Oshoala's absence should mean for the Super FalconsThe Central Africans had barely caught their breath when Uchenna Kanu sent the ball into the empty net to make it 3-0 just before the half hour mark thanks to another assist from Ajibade.< /p>
The Super Falcons took their three-goal lead in the second half and continued where they left off with another Kanu goal just after the restart.
Although the Super Falcons had a few more chances in the second half, they settled for a 4-0 win that saw them advance to the quarter-finals as runners-up in Group C.
>South Africa picked up three wins from three games to finish top of Group C with a maximum of nine points after beating Botswana by a single goal on Sunday night.
The quarter-final matches will be hotly contested as the four semi-finalists of this competition will fly the African flag at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 which will be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
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