{"id":374874,"date":"2025-07-06T23:06:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T23:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/06\/dominant-super-falcons-beat-tunisia-to-kickstart-wafcon-campaign\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T23:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T23:06:21","slug":"dominant-super-falcons-beat-tunisia-to-kickstart-wafcon-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/2025\/07\/06\/dominant-super-falcons-beat-tunisia-to-kickstart-wafcon-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominant Super Falcons Beat Tunisia To Kickstart WAFCON Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Super Falcons of Nigeria have defeated Tunisia 3-0 in their opening match of the Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations, at the Stade Larbi Zaouli in Casablanca, Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Asisat Oshoala, Rinsola Babajide and substitute Chiwendu Ihezuo, secured the Nigeria\u2019s women a first-ever win against Tunisia in their second meeting with the North African country at the WAFCON on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that the first clash between Super Falcons and Tunisia at the WAFCON was in the group stage at the 2008 edition which ended 0-0.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a02024 WAFCON: \u201cMy Team Is Ready To Defeat Tunisia On Sunday\u201d \u2014 Super Falcons Coach<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Justine Madugu\u2019s charges kept up the pressure and were duly rewarded in the 45th minute of the first half, as Babajide, who provided the assist for the first goal, turned goal scorer as she beat the Tunisian goalkeeper for the second.<\/p>\n<p>She pulled out a Diogo Jota\u2019s trademark celebration, paying tribute to the Liverpool star, who sadly passed away last Thursday alongside his brother, Andre Silva.<\/p>\n<p>The continued pressure paid off for the Falcons in the 80th minute, with Chinwendu Ihezuo finding the bottom corner with a composed left-footed finish to complete the routing.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria\u2019s women will be meeting Bostwana on the 10th of July, 2025 to continue their group B campaign.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-975939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1751825676757-600x716.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"716\"  \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-infor-trackid=\"966303\" data-infor-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1779282622\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1751716988_442_300x250@2x.png\" alt=\"\"   width=\"600\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Falcons of Nigeria have defeated Tunisia 3-0 in their opening match of the Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations, at the Stade Larbi Zaouli in Casablanca, Morocco. 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