Nine out of nine as Nigeria qualify again for World Cup
Nigeria kept up their succession of having equipped for each lady's World Cup as they edged Cameroon 1-0 at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations in Casablanca on Thursday.
Rasheedat Ajibade's 56th-minute header gave the Super Falcons a tight triumph in their quarterfinal at the competition in Morocco.
The best four finishers at Wafcon fit the bill for the following year's Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, transforming every one of the last eight ties into a genuine last.
Morocco and Zambia booked their tickets on Wednesday and Nigeria went along with them on Thursday toward the finish of swelling conflict with their neighbors. It will be a 10th Women's World Cup finals appearance for the Super Falcons.
The outcome implies Cameroon should play in a repechage match on Sunday to attempt to fit the bill for the World Cup season finisher competition in New Zealand, where two additional African sides will get an opportunity to meet all requirements for the finals Down Under next June.
Cameroon have been to the last two World Cups however more than met their match in the supreme African bosses in a fight between the mainland's main two positioned ladies' groups.
Ajibade's objective came after a raging run from Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene and a cross by Ifeoa Onumonu, that tracked down the blue-haired winger at the back post. Ajibade's work came in off the post in the main on track exertion of the game.
There was practically nothing to pick between the different sides, who accommodated by a wide margin the most actual conflict yet seen at the competition.
Nigeria presently meet Morocco in the following week's Wafcon elimination round while Cameroon should play Botswana in the end of the season games for fifth to eighth spot.
The Indomitable Lionesses, who had key midfielders Monique Ngock and Jeannette Yango suspended for the conflict, had just surrendered one objective in the competition before Thursday, in spite of completing second in their initial round bunch, and kept Nigeria to a great extent under control with strong guarding.
Cameroon skipper Gabriele Aboudi Onguene had two endeavors, either side of the break, to allow her country an opportunity of progress however hauled both wide.
Nigeria could have gone into the lead in the 24th moment when tall English-conceived protector Ashleigh Plumptre had two progressive headers before the Cameroon goalkeeper culled the ball out of the air.
Later on Thursday, South Africa and Tunisia meet in Rabat to conclude the last accessible World Cup billet.
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