XALIMANEWS-This Saturday, December 7, 2024, Senegal will face Angola for the final of the 26th edition of the African Women’s Cup of Nations. The reigning champion will face his most formidable opponent in recent years. The Senegalese Lionesses aim to dethrone the Lusophones.
We couldn’t have dreamed of a better climax to this 26th Women’s CAN, which pits the two best teams in the competition against each other. Angola, 15 times African champion and with 7 victories in as many matches in this 2024 edition, will be challenged by Senegal, 2 times finalist (1974-2018) and fourth in the last edition, credited with 6 victories and of one defeat in 7 matches. This afternoon, the Lionesses, who missed the opportunity to beat the Lusophones two years ago in Dakar, still have an opportunity to pull off a masterstroke.
Angola currently has the best attack (256 goals scored) and the best defense in the competition (122 goals conceded), closely followed by its opponent of the day, Senegal, which has the 2nd best attack (189 goals scored). and the 2nd best defense (125 goals conceded). The two teams have the best potential of this 26th edition of the CAN. On both sides, there are players capable of making the difference.
Among the Lusophones, we can cite the prolific Albertina Da Cruz known as « Kassoma »Natalia Mafiela, Cazanga Magda, Malaria Jacinto, Paulo Helena Gilda Simao, Vilma Pegado and their excellent goalkeeper Marta Alberto. On the side of the Lionesses, the excellent and prolific Soukeina Sagna (3 times MVP) will be the head of a collective where the solid goalkeeper Toubissa Elbeco, Dieynaba Sy, Raissa Dapina, Marie Fall, Aminata Cissokho stand out. This group, with the defensive contribution of the duo Coura Camara-Maiwenn Dasylva and the carelessness of Astou Ndiaye Soda Cissé and others, can achieve the perfect shot.
With such a plethora of talent in both camps, there should be guaranteed spectacle on the field this afternoon.
For this Saturday, December 7, to be historic for Senegalese handball and the Lionesses, Yacine Messaoudi’s protégés must put gas in the machine, to be able to fight for what they want: that is to say, to contest the supremacy of Angola.
After the narrow and bitter defeats conceded against the Lusophones in CAN 2022 (24-21) and during the TQO in Luanda (21-20), it is time for the Lionesses to stop the bleeding.
For the Lionesses, you have to give everything to get there and feel that unique feeling and that pride that only victory can provide.
Programme Finale CAN DAMES 2024
Saturday December 7, 2024 Room
Martyrs Stadium Gymnasium 1
18 H 00 Senegal/Angola
