14th Women AFCON: Super Falcons tackle Banyana in World Cup second opportunity window

After quarter-final exit at the Women Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco, the Super Falcons are determined to make the best of a second window of opportunity to reach next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup finals, as they confront arch-rivals Banyana Banyana of South Africa in Casablanca on Thursday.
It is a year and 22 days since both teams’ last clash – a turgid and dramatic Women Africa Cup of Nations semi final also played in Casablanca, which Nigeria edged 2-1 with a spectacular added-time goal by defender Michelle Alozie. The strike knocked then Cup-holders South Africa cold, in a game each time had earlier scored once from the penalty spot.
South Africa’s Banyana Banyana have ...