9th November, 2010
Coach of Cameroon,Enow Ngachu has boasted that Nigeria’s Super Falcons cannot stop his team’s ambition of playing in the final of the African Women Championship, AWC, in South Africa.
Ngachu, whose team defeated Algeria 2-1 yesterday to qualify for the Thursday’s semi final against Nigeria, said nothing will stop his ladies from playing in the final after getting this far in the competition.
“I won’t lose a game here,†he said. “I am playing to the final and getting set to lift the cup. Our aim is to qualify for the World Cup in Germany and to do that, we must play to the final and in the process, we will not lose a single game,†he boasted.
Nigeria and Cameroon are no strangers to themselves and it must be stressed that the two teams in fact played themselves twice in the 2004 edition hosted by the same South Africa.
At the group stage, the Lionesses showed a lot of guts storming back from 0-2 down to draw 2-2 against Nigeria but the Cameroun team further surprised many by displaying their naivety on the big stage, going down 5-0 to the same Falcons on the final day. A repeat performance was to follow in 2006 and this time it was in the semi-finals and the red hot Nigerian ladies dished out another 5-0 spanking to the Cameroon team.
Cameroon and Nigeria seem a sure bet in every tournament and the 2008 edition was no exception. Then, both sides met in the losers final and Cameroon should have won it, though the more experienced but out of form Nigerian side still ran away 4-3 winners on penalty after full time ended 1-1 apiece.
The results between both nations become very embarrassing if the 6-0 drubbing in the semis of the inaugural edition in 1998 and the 3-0 spanking in the group stage of the 2000 edition is to be taken into consideration.
