{"id":8728,"date":"2022-11-04T18:24:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T18:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/?p=8728"},"modified":"2022-11-04T18:24:46","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T18:24:46","slug":"queens-amazons-dominate-sheroes-cup-opening-day-encounters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/queens-amazons-dominate-sheroes-cup-opening-day-encounters\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens, Amazons dominate Sheroes Cup opening day encounters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Four matches took place on Day 1 of 2022 Sheroes Cup at Old Parade Ground on Friday 4th November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A total of six goals were scored with Edo Queens midfielder Suliyat Abideen the star performer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is how things panned out\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adamawa Queens 0-1 Royal Queens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Royal Queens pipped Adamawa Queens 1-0 in the first game of the morning session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the Yola side who began the stronger and ljeoma Obi went close to opening the scoring after four minutes, but Emmanuel Goodness was on hand to make the save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Royal Queens were next to go close after 18 minutes via Arowokeye Ayomide, but the forward could only fire high and wide when she might have done better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Warri based outfit took the lead just seven minutes into the second period when Deborah Peter nodded into the top corner from the centre of the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adamawa Queens pushed for the equaliser in the latter stages, but Royal Queens held on to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confluence Queens 0-2 Nasarawa Amazons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nasarawa Amazons earned bragging rights at the North Central derby courtesy of a 2-0 win over Confluence Queens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christopher Danjuma masterminded the success, with Ayatsea Hembatau and Dorshima Tarnum getting on the scoresheet for the Amazons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Confluence Queens were made to rue series of missed chances during a breathless game, with Chiamaka Osigwe among those most guilty of spurning opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Edo Queens 2-0 Honey Badgers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Midfielder Suliyat Abideen scored twice to give Edo Queens a 2-0 win over youthful Honey Badgers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Badgers weren’t afraid to take the game to the defending champions with their Tiki-Taka approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abideen opened scoring with a free kick in the 63rd minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four minutes from time, the playmaker rounded up a player of the match performance from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Naija Ratels 0-1 Delta Queens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delta Queens held off the challenge of hard fighting Naija Ratels to win 1-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former Nigeria Women’s Premier League champions raced in front on 18 minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arit Usang drove down the left before delivering a low cross into Mercy Omokwo, who poked the ball home from close range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 1 Results:
Adamawa Queens 0-1 Royal Queens
Confluence Queens 0-2 Nasarawa Amazons
Edo Queens 2-0 Honey Badgers
Naija Ratels 0-1 Delta Queens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four matches took place on Day 1 of 2022 Sheroes Cup at Old Parade Ground on Friday 4th November. A total of six goals were scored with Edo Queens midfielder Suliyat Abideen the star performer. Below is how things panned out\u2026. Adamawa Queens 0-1 Royal Queens Royal Queens pipped Adamawa Queens 1-0 in the first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[182,982,840,3232],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8728"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8734,"href":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8728\/revisions\/8734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}