Two goals, one in each half, steered nine-time African champions Super Falcons past Haiti’s senior women national team in an international friendly in Antalya, Turkey on Friday.
Returnee
markswoman Asisat Oshoala had already seen her simple tap-in disallowed in the
22nd minute, and fellow Spain-based forward Rasheedat Ajibade has seen her shot
miss by the whiskers, before Esther Okoronkwo caught the Haitian defence
completely off-guard with a free-kick from the right that slipped past the
goalkeeper in the 40th minute.
Haiti, who
are also heading to the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in Australia and New
Zealand this summer, came back from the dressing room looking to take the fight
to the Super Falcons, but goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, former U20 captain
Tosin Demehin and captain Onome Ebi warded off their incursions.
Two minutes
before the hour-mark, Oshoala jabbed in from close range to make it two for the
Falcons, in the process registering her first goal for the team since scoring
in a Turkish Women’s Tournament defeat of Equatorial Guinea two years ago.
A defensive
mix-up accounted for the Haitians pulling one back in the 75th minute, but
there was no stopping the Super Falcons who have now won their last two
matches, going back to the defeat of World Cup-bound Costa Rica in Mexico in
February.
Next up for
the African heavyweights is a clash with World Cup co-hosts New Zealand also in
Antalya on Tuesday evening.
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