Nigeria Women Football League champions, Edo Queens, will aim to become the first Nigerian club to reach the final of the CAF Women’s Champions League as they take on TP Mazembe in the first semi-final match on Tuesday (today) in Morocco, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Edo Queens reached the last four of the eight-team tournament on Saturday after sending defending champions, Mamelodi Sundowns packing in dramatic fashion. They trailed the South Africans by a goal until the dying moments of the match and clutch player, Emem Essien scored the equaliser in added time before Mary Mamudu scored a late goal to win the match 2-1.
After scaling the group stage hurdles, the NWFL champions will hope to surpass the achievement of their compatriots Bayelsa Queens, who made it to the semi-finals in 2022. Ahead of the TP Mazembe clash, Edo Queens coach Moses Aduku remains level-headed, although he was unequivocal about their ambition of winning the tournament before their first game. “We want to thank God first and foremost for taking us this far, the last game was not easy, winning it in the last minute and we are through to the semis for the first time.
But like what I said in the first press briefing, we take it one game at a time, and this is the fourth game, we will approach it the same way, while correcting our mistakes at the same time, what we did well, we improve on it,” he said via CAF Online. “We are good to go, the players are good, everybody’s ready and the 90 minutes w.
