WAFCON 2022 Day 3 Roundup: South Africa Stun Nigeria’s Super Falcons, Botswana win 6-goal Thriller

The first round of matches at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) have come to a conclusions with Nigeria, South Africa, Burundi and Botswana slugging it out.

As compared to day one and two of the competition that produced a combined eight goals in four matches, day recorded the highest tally for a day – nine goals, despite seeing just two games.

Nigeria Lost 1-2 South Africa

The Super Falcons of Nigeria had their wings clipped by the Bayana Bayana of South Africa following their 2-1 victory over rivals and nine-time champions Nigeria in their opening Group C match.

Burundi 2-4 Botswana

Debutants Botswana and Burundi played out what was perhaps the most exciting game at the WAFCON so far as The Mares cruised to a 4-2 victory at the Stade Moulay Hassan in Rabat on Monday night.

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