Senegal and Morocco from Group A have qualified for the TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals.
Teranga Lionesses secure a 1-0 win over their Burkinabe counterpart at the Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex on Tuesday.
Mame Moussa Cisse’s team scored the only goal from a penalty kick in the 84th minute.
Substitute Korka Fall, who had come on only seven minutes earlier to make her tournament debut, converted the spot-kick.
Morocco, on the other hand, with a better goal difference than Senegal, defeated Uganda ladies 3-1 to reach the second round of the competition for the first time in the country’s history.
Both Atlas Lionesses and Teranga Lionesses on six points, while Burkina Faso, third in the group after two defeats, must win against Uganda in a bid to secure a best third-place finish.
📹 𝐇𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒: 🇺🇬 1-3 🇲🇦
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