{"id":24775,"date":"2025-07-27T12:57:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T12:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=24775"},"modified":"2025-07-27T12:57:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T12:57:44","slug":"super-falcons-soar-back-nigeria-stuns-morocco-3-2-in-wafcon-thriller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=24775","title":{"rendered":"Super Falcons Soar Back: Nigeria Stuns Morocco 3\u20132 in WAFCON Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Nigeria\u2019s Super Falcons pulled off a sensational comeback to defeat Morocco 3\u20132 in a pulsating Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) showdown on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Morocco drew first blood early, with Ghizlane Chebbak striking in the 12th minute, followed by Sana\u00e2 Mssoudy\u2019s clinical finish in the 24th, giving the Atlas Lionesses a commanding 2\u20130 lead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">But the second half belonged to the Super Falcons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Esther Okoronkwo ignited Nigeria\u2019s fightback with a well-taken penalty in the 64th minute. Just seven minutes later, Folashade Florence Ijamilusi smashed in the equalizer to level the tie at 2\u20132.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The dramatic turnaround was sealed in the 88th minute when Jennifer Echegini buried the winner, capping a spirited Nigerian performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Statistically, Nigeria edged Morocco with 14 shots (five on target), 55% ball possession, and five corners to Morocco\u2019s three. The Super Falcons completed 280 passes at a 69% accuracy rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Despite the fierce contest, the game remained clean\u2014no cards were issued. Nigeria committed seven fouls, while Morocco had 12.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">With grit, heart, and firepower, the Super Falcons proved once again why they remain Africa\u2019s queens of the pitch.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Super Falcons pulled off a sensational comeback to defeat Morocco 3\u20132 in a pulsating Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) showdown on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24776,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[796,92,1920,10986,4112],"class_list":["post-24775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-morocco","tag-nigeria","tag-super-falcons","tag-thriller","tag-wafcon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24775"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24777,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24775\/revisions\/24777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}