By Eyong Macdella
Sports writer,kick442.com-Cameroon.
The Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon who are 2016 finalist of the AWCON, picked up a slim 1-0 win over the Teranga Lionesses of Senegal on June 18 In a heated friendly encounter that took place at the Reunification Stadium in Douala.
This is the second time these two are meeting in less than a week. On June 15, Cameroon was held to a 2-2 draw by Senegal women still at the Réunification stadium in Douala.
Kevin O’sol, indomitable Lioness forward, scored the lone scored in this encounter barely three minutes into the game, benefiting from a fine cross from the left angle of the pitch.
The Awa FC player just scored her first goal for the Cameroon National team after just making her debut. She was named in Coach Gabriel Zabo’s provisional squad for the 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations.
Ajara Njoya, skipper for the lionesses, was more productive in the first half than the second where she found It difficult to create chances at the front nor even convert the ones they had to goals since she was closely monitored by her opponents just like it was the case in the first leg.
This made the attack like become very weak for the Lionesses but then Lioness forward, Kevin Ossol scored early to give hand the Indomitable Lionesses victory over her sister Lionesses (Teranga)
The game ended one nil following goalless second half before hundreds of Cameroonian fans.
This game was part of the build up for the upcoming Africa Women’s Cup of Nations, AWCON 2022 for both teams who will be contenders in the Competition next month.
This last clash at home will be followed by a trip to France, where the Indomitable Lionesses will clash with the French women’s national team.
Meanwhile, Senegal Will on June 22 go against Guinea Bissau in another AWCON preparatory friendly as they have been drawn in Group A of next month’s competition in Morocco where they will face the hosts, Uganda and Togo.
The 14th edition of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations will be hosted by Morroco as from July 2 to July 23, 2022.
Cameroon have been drawn in Group B alongside Zambia, Togo and Tunisia.
Their opening group stage game will be against Zambia on July 3,2022.
For the record, these two teams are meeting for the sixth time. Three of which came from the African cup of Nations with Senegal winning one, None for Cameroon while they recorded two draws.And in international Friendlies, this is their third meeting that ended in a win in favour of Cameroon women.The first was a win in favour of the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon still.
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