Washington Spirit and Nigeria forward Gift Monday says she is determined to add to her tally when the Super Falcons face Cameroon in Sunday’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final, having taken just four minutes to make her mark on tournament debut.
Monday was introduced after Asisat Oshoala, who had earlier converted a penalty in the 21st minute, went off with a knock, and the substitute needed only four minutes to get on the scoresheet in first-half stoppage time, converting from close range with her left foot after a low cross from Rinsola Babajide.
It was one of the better worked goals of the Super Falcons’ campaign.
Babajide had taken a short corner from Toni Payne before gliding past a marker to send in the cross, and Monday, with three defenders around her, timed her run to perfection to peel away from the Egyptian defence at the last moment.
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