The 2000 Ladies's African Championship was held in South Africa, and it was a event that introduced many surprising outcomes and drama. Nigeria's Tremendous Falcons certified for the event as reigning champions and commenced defending their title with a 2-2 draw towards the long-standing contender of the Black Queens of Ghana. Nigeria's prime scorer, Mersey Akide, scored each objectives on the 50th and 52nd minutes of the second half, earlier than the Ghanaians gathered once more to avoid wasting some extent.
Within the second match of the group, Nigeria defeated Morocco 6-Zero to ship warning indicators to all different aggressive nations. The route was initiated by Mercy Akide, who scored the brace on the 44th and 73rd minutes of a one-sided collision. Kikelemo Ajayi additionally helped herself in preparation for the 49th and 70th minutes of the sport, earlier than Maureen Mmadu and Rita Nvadike completed scoring objectives.
The third and last match of the Tremendous Falcons group was towards Cameroon's Indomitable Lioness, and so they continued their wonderful sport with a convincing 3-Zero defeat towards Cameroonians. Mercy Akide began the harvest once more, her fifth objective within the event was scored within the 14th minute of the primary half. Olaitan Yusuf added a second within the 35th minute earlier than Maureen Mmadou accomplished the race within the 90th minute with a scientific end. With the victory, Nigeria thus reached the semifinals, the place they have been paired with Zimbabwe.
The semi-final conflict with Zimbabwe turned out to be an anti-climax when the concluded Tremendous Falcons turned the unlucky Zimbabweans with a rating of 6: 0. Olaytan Yusuf, Maureen Mmadu, Merci Akide, Kikelemo Ajayi and Rita Nvadike all registered their names within the scorer. The victory over Zimbabwe paved the best way for the ultimate battle between Nigeria and the host nation of the event - South Africa.
The ultimate resulted in controversial circumstances, as Nigeria took the lead within the run by way of striker Olaitan Yusuf within the 30th minute of the primary half. The sport obtained one other dimension within the 72nd minute of the sport, when miniature Stella Mbachu scored the second objective of Nigeria. South African followers couldn't swallow the bitter tablet that struck them, and so they started to throw objects into the sport subject. Some gamers on the bench in Nigeria have been injured on account of the following confusion, and a decide from Cameroon-Ondo Akono, after consulting with the match commissioner, canceled the match within the 73rd minute after which the trophy was awarded to Nigeria.
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