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Queens qualify for
sixth Women Championship
Accra, March 8, Ghanadot/GNA –
Ghana’s Black Queens cruised to their sixth African Women
Championship appearance at the expense of Cote d’Ivoire with
a 3-0 victory on Saturday.
The Queens, who needed only a goalless draw to book
qualification to the biennial party scored twice and once
respectively in each half to win the game 4-1 on aggregate.
Ghana, who would be chasing a first gold at the event to be
held in Equatorial Guinea grabbed the first goal through Ama
Saabi who proved the most mobile and improved player
throughout the game.
Saabi, who had earlier won a corner from overlapping,
connected home skipper Adjoa Bayor’s kick with a fine drive
just outside the penalty box with 23 minutes of play.
The team began gelling after the goal and appeared near to
score another goal as the game progressed.
They were to score again seven minutes later through Anita
Amankwaah who had been recalled from suspension for this
game.
Amankwaah profited from a defensive blunder against the run
of play in a move orchestrated by Gloria Oforiwaa to put the
host on the ascendancy.
With qualification within reach, Ghana seemed settled for
the first time and carried the game to the Ivorians whose
amazing physic and skill portrayed them as a team to watch
in the not too distant future.
Both teams appeared charged from recess but it was the
Queens, rated second best in Africa who struck again through
creative Florence Okoe only five minutes into the half.
Advancing Okoe took a one-time shot outside the penalty area
after a Queens’ invasion that drew Bayor, Amankwah and Diana
Ankomah into the frail.
The tempo of the game fell after the goal with neither team
threatening to make a difference in the score line.
GNA
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