© Getty Images Nigeria secured their eighth African CAF Women"s Africa Cup of Nations title with a hard-earned, last-gasp 1-0 victory over Cameroon in Yaounde on the weekend. The final was a repeat of the 2014 championship match that also saw the Nigerians triumph.
The Final
A capacity crowd of 40,000, including the State President Paul Biya, crammed into the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo in the capital, hoping that Les Lionesses could finally beat a team they had lost against in two previous finals.
Edged forward by the noisy crowd, the home side were stronger than their opponents in the first half and had a number of chances. Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene should have opened the scoring early on, but squandered the opportunity. With ten minutes remaining before the break, Michele Ngono Mani found herself with just goalkeeper Alaba Jonathan to beat after being put through by Ajara Nchout Njoya, but again Cameroon failed to put the ball into the net.
The second half began very much like the fir..
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