Completesports.com’s Live Blogging of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations – WAFCON 2026 Quarter-Final match between the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon and the Super Falcons of Nigeria at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca.
Cameroon Vs Nigeria Live Blogging – WAFCON 2026 Quarter-Final Match
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Let’s go Super Falcons!
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Cameroon 1, nigeria 0. 1st half completed. The cameroonian goalkeeper has been woman of the match so far. 9ja could’ve been up by 3 or 4 but the cameroonian goalkeeper has been fantastic so far. The only shot cameroon took from a freekick resulted in dia only goal. The 2 teams are playing ok but nigeria has created the most chances and should be up by now. A huge problem with d falcons is that they don’t really know how to mark 1v1. They are always guilty of rushing d ball and are easily beaten. The should learn to stay behind their woman. Alozie, Oladipo have been guilty of this on several occasions. Alozie is looking very average to be honest. Her passing has been average as well. I do think the super falcons will equalize and hopefully carry the day as they’ve been d more creative team. Go super falcons go.
Chiamaka Nnadozie is fast becoming the weakest link in this Super Falcon team. She was the hero last year on their way to winning the 10th Wafcon Championship but she is been a disgrace from the opening match against Malawi, Egypt and now against Cameroon.
It’s not like Nnadozie is not been protected by her defenders, who so far have done excellently well against the Cameroonian lionesses. How can a half decent goal keeper not keep out a 45metre away shot from a set piece from the only opening outside the wall formed SF players. I agree it was well struck by the Cameroonian defender, but there was no curl in it and direct enough for a goal keeper to atleast parry away instead of parrying into your own net.
I did say she was overweight and needed to cut down on fufu and heavy swallow, and do serious exercise because her recent heavy weight are making her less able to react and also making her positioning in the box poorly.
On the other hand, the Cameroonian lionesses goalkeeper has been for me, the Woman of the match so far, catching and parrying away every thing the Super Falcons have thrown at her.
The Super Falcons have so far outplayed the Cameroonians, with far more shots and shots on target and I now feel they will defend with their lives for the next 45mins of 2nd half to hold on to their one goal lead- gifted to them by Nnadozie, largely.
I hope the Super Falcons do find a way to beat the very stubborn Cameroonian goalkeeper in the 2nd half. Otherwise, it will be goodbye to 2027 Women’s World Cup in Brazil for them.
Thank you. And the way she has normalized being beaten is alarming. She used to be one of our greatest assets. If we scale this, the coach should please rest her for the rest of the tournament. She’s about the heaviest of all the goalkeepers in this tourney.
What happened to Babajide that made the Coach replace her so early in the tie? She was woman of the match in the last group game against Egypt and was doing quite well with her Wing play on the left side of the attack with decent deliveries into the box.
Except Babajide is injured, I wouldn’t understand the rationale of replacing your most dangerous winger while you are trailing so early in the 1st half.
The only thing Cameroon has got going for them is their goalkeeper, plus time-wasting tactics. Otherwise, this should be an easy win for Nigeria; Nnadozie would have let in half of those balls that the Cameroonian goalkeeper thwarted.
Nnadozie needs to vacate the position. She is becoming too comfortable in that position and its getting into her head. She had enough time to parry that ball away. Mean while the Under 20 dey lose 3 0 to Burkina faso
Why nobody talking about our U20 that chopped 3 goals in 15 mins at the WAFU finals…lol
Nigerians football is going down the drain. With this pathetic FA that we have.
Okoronkwo should have passed that ball to Oshoala.
This Cameroon team is about the weakest we have played. So easy to beat them as long as you don’t shoot straight at the goalkeeper, don’t pull out crosses and corner kicks too close to the goalkeeper, and make sure not to be selfish in the box 18, like Okoronkwo did in the dying minutes.
You know I said this while watching the game. I was like Egypt would beat this team. They didn’t trouble us. Just that we don’t have a good coach. Our coach played the same 4-3-3 throughout the game…80th mins we’re losing a knockout game, opposition hasn’t threatened almost the whole game and u’re playing 4-3-3
The Coach is confused and doesn’t understand how to use his players to their full strength. Cameroon coach out coached him by utilising her squad to full details. Not disputing the goalies efforts because she was prime Chiamaka.
It is time for NFF to be overhauled.
Nothing in Nigeria football is working.
U20 is also collecting 3-0 half-time in a Final.
World Cup hope is in Garri.
Cameroon wins it. Okonkwo had a very clear chance to equalize but fluffed it. She could’ve squared to Oshoala but i guess she didn’t see her. 9ja started playing long balls way to early, build up play from d back, oveload the wing and penetrate. Alozie was trash today, play tome tome tome lol. Echegini was selfish on occasions. Reliable Ajibade was barely noticed today. Onnexactly sure why Okonkwo was played as a 9 as she likes drifting to d right wing where Ajibade is operating from. The team needs major overhaul. It needs to be infused with young talent to bopster the team.
Anyway, Nigeria, I believe, will still pick up 1 of the 2 tickets to the Intercontinental playoffs among the 4 losing semi-finalists scheduled for Wednesday, August 13.
It’s a long and complex route to qualifying for the WC, but hopefully Asheliegh and others have been integrated and possibly a new coach with discernible on-field tactical play.
Good luck and congratulations in advance to the incoming Wafcon winners.
Madugu defeated a Zambia’s white coach twice…Madugu defeated an elite European coach……yen yen yen yen yen.
There you have it…….LMAOOoo
World cup dream up in flames. Now like your other clueless tin God in the SE, we’ll have to look up to the heavens for help to not miss the women’s world cup for the first time in our history
Shamelessly Charlatan…..!!!
Once again, as the wise saying goes, “When you celebrate mediocrity, you get more of it”
I hope Madugu will get a job from outside Nigeria after he’s been booted out for good. Afterall he’s so good he defeated Zambia’s foreign coach twice .
Rubbish…..!!!
Truth be told..the falcons are no longer the team they were. It was just a matter of time before this crumble. You could see the hardwork they put in but hardwork alone is not enough. Too many long balls and individuality in the final half. Technical input has not been noticeable even at the last Wafcon. This team has been struggling. I just hope they manage to make it through to the world cup via the play off mode. I am not disappointed though because I kind of expected it especially after their display againsy EGYPT.
NFF and the coach should take the blame.
Cameroon deserve their win.
I have said it countless times that Nigeria Football is going nowhere if we don’t chase out the NFF.
NFF have destroyed our football.
I want to say a big thanks to our ladies. The Nigerian government have failed to fulfill their promises made after the last Wafcon, while the NFF did not get the Super Falcons well prepared before the tournament, still, they made it to the play-off now.
Thanks, NFF, for disgracing our Super Falcons. Ire o. God bless Nigeria!!!
Okoronko decided to miss the goal rather than pass the ball. Do you blame the coach for that? Common
I hope odegbami succeeds in delaying the NFF election. Enough is enough.
Now we have to beat South Africa on Wednesday to qualify for the playoffs in December.
Gusau and his NFF have now presided over an unprecedented collapse in Nigerian football. The Super Falcons will miss the next World Cup for the first time in our history. And as I write this, Nigeria’s U-20 side is being beaten 3–1 by Burkina Faso at the WAFU Zone B tournament. At this point, you almost have to ask: how many warning signs does Nigerian football need before somebody finally accepts responsibility?
Those of us who criticised this Falcons team from the beginning were not being negative. We saw the warning signs. The poor preparation. The questionable selections. The tactical confusion. The lack of cohesion. Against Zambia, we were fortunate they failed to punish their chances. Egypt gave us too much respect, and whenever they attacked, we looked vulnerable. Now Cameroon has knocked us out in the WAFCON quarter-final—and with it, our World Cup ticket.
But the Falcons are only one chapter in a much bigger disaster.
Under Gusau’s leadership, the Super Eagles have missed two World Cups in a row. The Super Falcons are out of the next World Cup. Our U-17 teams have struggled to qualify for the World Cup for years, from even for CAF championship at WAFU ZONE B. Now the U-20s have just suffered another setback. Our women’s youth teams are increasingly struggling to qualify for global competitions. And at club level, Nigerian teams have virtually disappeared from serious contention on the continent.
Everywhere you look, the pipeline is breaking.
Senior teams failing. Youth teams failing. Women’s football struggling. Clubs disappearing from continental relevance. Talent development weakening. Preparation becoming an afterthought. Yet somehow, the people presiding over this decline are preparing to ask Nigerians for another term.
For what exactly?
What is the moral justification for seeking re-election after this catalogue of failures? If this were a company, this board would have been fired long ago. If this were a serious football administration, performance would determine survival; not slogans, excuses and another election campaign.
Gusau and his executive committee cannot continue presenting Nigerian football as their success story when virtually every major indicator is flashing red.
And Madugu must go too. The Falcons need a competent coach, a coherent technical direction, serious preparation and proper scouting. But beyond the coach, the NFF itself needs a fundamental overhaul.
This is no longer about one bad tournament or one unfortunate result. It is a pattern. A system. A culture of failure.
Nigeria has the population, talent and football history to dominate Africa and compete globally. What we apparently don’t have is an administration capable of converting those advantages into sustainable success.
So before Gusau and his colleagues ask for another mandate, Nigerians should ask them one brutally simple question:
What exactly have you done to deserve another four years?
If Ibrahim Gusau continues as NFF chairman with pinnick remote controlling him. Nigeria will not qualify for the next male and female worldcup. Today Falcons and U20 failed to qualify for world cups. The easiest qualification should be the Falcons. Now that side is scattered. Super eagles was destroyed, U23 was destroyed and U17 was destroyed too. Nigeria is no more a footballing nation. We are in a crisis. The worst is yet to come.
Why do you always block my comments!I will stop commenting here. Its getting ridiculous like i am targeted
NFF, Nigeria Football Fiasco, has done it again!
Failure Unlimited.
Persistent, consistent, woeful, calamitous failure.
They say someone with the midas touch turns anything they come in contact with to gold.
NFF Onigbese has the SADIM touch, that’s midas spelled backwards. Anything they touch results in woeful failure.
They have been producing failure with incredible consistency for years now. This failure is not a coincidence, and it’s not accidental. This is the product of a broken system. An assemblage of corrupt, incompetent mediocrities wasting space in the Glass House. Their ineptitude has led to failure to qualify to 2 senior world cups back to back, our U17 and U20 teams are struggling, Olympic team nowhere to be found, now our flagship team, the Super Falcons, the one team that has brought us consolation and relief, have been frustrated and misguided into yet another failure. The nonpayment of their bonuses for winning the last Wafcon must have deeply affected them. Why were they not paid what they were promised?
Why does NFF Onigbese continue to prioritize their fat bloated stomachs over our football?
The elections are just around the corner. NFF Onigbese must go!
Stop blaming the SF Coach. It’s not the coach that will put the ball in empty net like selfish Esther Okoronkwo missed in the dying minutes. Look at the solid, powerful header from Uchenna Kanu that the excellent Cameroonian lionesses goal keeper left off. On another day the SF could have won by 5-1 margin against this same Cameroonian side.
Yes we can blame the NFF for their poor football administration and ineptitude in not giving our Super Falcons the necessary preparation before this Wafcon tournament and it showed right from the 1st game against Malawi. I am not sure the NFF is even providing our coaches at all levels, especially Super Falcons with qualified Video and Performance Analyst to help the Coaches in their preparations.
I still cannot blame Coach Madugu for inept performance of our SF girls and the shambolic, overweight goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie who gifted Cameroon such cheap goal that made the SF play with anxiety and panic through the for over 60 minutes out of 90minutes regulation time.
All the so called “White Coaches” at this tournament some of you are clamouring for are out except Morocco coached by Spanish women world cup winner- which the much vilified Madugu taught coaching lessons only a year ago- coming from 2 goals down at half time to beat his team 3-2 to win the Wafcon trophy.
Today a black African coached Malawi ladies beat their Ghana counterpart, coached by a full Swedish technical team led by Lars…. Ivory Coast Women also coached by French white man have been knocked out yesterday by indigenous African coach. As for Zambia also coached by a European Swiss (Nora Häuptle) did not even go beyond the group stage. Note that coach Madugu and his ward have now beaten Zambia Copper Queens coached by “White” twice within one year in two successive Wafcons.
Anyone who blames Madugu for today’s defeat should get themselves examined by a professional psychiatrist for hate and bitterness induced psychosis. The SF completely outplayed the Cameroonian lionesses: Check the match statistics- possession, passes, chances created, expected goals from open play, shots, shots on target and Super Falcons are way ahead with 8 shots on target compared to Cameroons 3. It’s not for nothing that the Woman player of the match award went to the Cameroon woman goalkeeper.
Today was just a bad day at the office for Justin Madugu’s ward. You cannot dominate your opponent in such fashion and still lose the match.
However I will advice that we keep Madugu, to navigate the girls through the playoffs- he is cheaper and far better value for money that the “white mercenaries” Coaches that have nothing to offer African football but reap where they have not sowed.