After suffering a narrow defeat against South African Mamelodi Soundowns on the opening Day, Kenya’s Vihiga Queens revived their semifinal qualification hopes, beating Morocco’s ASFAR 2-0 to open up group B.
Violet Wanyonyi scored the first goal for the Queens at the 9th minute, as the Kenyans dominated the opening half.
After the break, Tereza Engesha scored the second goal, as ASFAR who tried to get back into the game but lacked the final finish.
Vihiga Queens will face Rivers Angels on Friday at 30 June Stadium while ASFAR clashes with Mamelodi Sundowns on the same day at El Salam Stadium.
Speaking after the match was head Coach of Vihiga Queens Okere Charles who described the match as a tricky one praised his ladies for the victory.
“It was a very tricky match for us. We collected ourselves well after the loss, we talked and planned to win this match”.
“Our players were nervous in the last match, but today they were more focused and well composed, this is the secret to today’s win”.
“Our next match is very important for us to win as we want to be in the semi-final”. He concluded.
