Everything you need to know about our final clash against Nigeria’s Rivers Angels FC…
After securing a place in the maiden CAF Women’s Champions League with our 2-0 win over Burkinabé side USFA we’ll lock horns with the Rivers State side for the Gold medal place.
And that goes for the Nigerian side too, both teams will make it to Egypt as the two representatives from the WAFU Zone B block.
The game is scheduled for Thursday, 1830hrs local time at the Stade Champroux, Abidjan.
Team News:
The Giantess held their final training session at the Stade Robert Champroux today after the important victory last Monday which guaranteed our slot to participate in the main tournament in Egypt.
Head Coach Yusif Basigi on preparations against Rivers Angles and Injury update:
“The team is very happy and much ready for our next game. They beat us in the first game and it’s now a thing of the past. We’ve been able to analyze the way they play and we are confident to beat them tomorrow.”
“No player is injured, we have a full house going into tomorrow’s game.”
The Last Time Out:
They were in the same group (Group B) of the tournament and played their first game against each other.
Rivers Angles emerged victorious after a 2:0 win against Hasmal Ladies going ahead to top the group.
Hasmal secured a 2-0 win over USFA in the semifinal and Rivers Angels had a 5-1 win over Amis du Mondé from Togo.