African Women Championship : Cameroon Battles for Leadership (02.11.2006)
The Indomitable Lionesses will face the Black Queens of Ghana today in Ughelli.
After two days of rest, teams pooled in Group B at the ongoing African Women’s Championship in Nigeria will be on stage again today for their second encounters. The Black Queens of Ghana who presently top Group B will face perennial rivals, the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon in Ughelli. It will be a clash of two teams in quest of recognition on the African scene. Ghana was the losing finalist at the inaugural edition of the Championship in 1998 and in 2002, while Cameroon was the 2004 runners up. Cameroon, with just one point after the draw of the first outing against RD Congo, is obliged to win today’s encounter to preserve its chances of qualifying for the next round. If the Lionesses win, they might head
Group B.
Cameroon Coach, Charles Kandem is optimistic that the Lionesses will still move on to the next stage despite the draw in their first outing. "You all know that in 2002 we got a bronze while in 2004 it was silver for us. This time around, we are after the cup," he said. The Ghanaians, not contented with the narrow victory of their first outing, say they are ready to score more goals. "The Queens had targeted five goals in their opening match but could not achieve that due to nervousness", Captain of the team and 2003 African Woman Player of the Year, Adjoa Bayor, said. Today’s match therefore promises to produce fireworks.
In the second encounter of the day in Oghara, RD Congo, with one point after the draw against Cameroon, will take on Mali that tail Group B with no point.
