For their entry into the qualifiers for the African Cup of Nations in women’s football, Mali and the Central African Republic faced each other in Cameroon on Friday September 22. In Douala, the Aigles Dames scored 7 goals to 1 after a match where two players were sent off after receiving a red card for unsportsmanlike behavior. The return leg of this first round will be played this Tuesday. At the Stade du 26-Mars, the Aigles Dames will be called upon to unpack a box already full of goals.
Well underway in the qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after passing the first round, the Mali women’s national football team also successfully entered the qualifiers for the Can-2024. Opposed to the Central Africans, the Aigles Dames largely won in the first leg of the first round relocated to Cameroon.
For this prolific victory, four Malian players took charge of the sentence. Agueïcha Diarra (treble), Aïssata Traoré (double), Oumou Koné and Fatoumata Diarra were the tormentors of the Central Africans.
If the meeting was sanctioned by a card full of ours, there was also no shortage of cards to sanction unsporting fouls. This is how Oumou Koné was sent off in the 38′ before a Central African in the 71′.
With such a score acquired in the first leg on the road, Mali has put itself in a very comfortable position to qualify for the next stage of the competition while awaiting the return leg scheduled for Tuesday, September 26 at the 26-Mars stadium in Bamako. . In addition to Mali, Tunisia, Ghana and Guinea also won well ahead of Niger, Rwanda and Mauritius respectively with scores of 7-0, 7-0 and 8-0.
“After a successful edition, the African Women’s Cup of Nations returns to Morocco for the second consecutive time. The 2022 edition, won by South Africa, enjoyed great media success by recording record attendances and thus demonstrating that women’s football in Africa is booming. For the 2024 edition, 40 nations will participate in the qualifying phases. The teams entered for this first round compete in round-trip matches and the winner of their double confrontation will be qualified for the second round which will take place during the next international window in November 2023. Note that Morocco in its capacity as host country of the competition is directly qualified for the final phase of the tournament. Reigning African champion, South Africa is exempt from the first round, just like Zambia,