{"id":70602,"date":"2025-07-14T21:13:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70602"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:13:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:13:53","slug":"wafcon-2024-zambias-kundananji-eyes-victory-over-super-falcons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/14\/wafcon-2024-zambias-kundananji-eyes-victory-over-super-falcons\/","title":{"rendered":"WAFCON 2024: Zambia\u2019s Kundananji Eyes Victory Over Super Falcons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Zambia forward Racheal Kundananji is confident that the Copper Queens can defeat Nigeria\u2019s Super Falcons in their quarterfinal clash at the 2024 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), scheduled for Friday at the Stade Larbi Zaouli in Casablanca.<\/p>\n<p>Kundananji, who has scored three goals and earned two Woman of the Match awards so far, is one of the standout performers of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Known for her pace and precision, especially on set pieces, she believes Zambia has what it takes to overcome the nine-time champions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did it before, and we can do it again,\u201d she said, referencing Zambia\u2019s 1\u20130 win over Nigeria in the 2022 bronze medal playoff.<\/p>\n<p>Zambia finished second in Group A behind hosts Morocco, with two wins and a draw.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria, led by coach Justine Madugu, will be aiming to neutralize Zambia\u2019s attack and assert their dominance.<\/p>\n<p>The quarterfinal promises a thrilling showdown as both teams battle for a spot in the semifinals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke &nbsp; Zambia forward Racheal Kundananji is confident that the Copper Queens can defeat Nigeria\u2019s Super Falcons in their quarterfinal clash at the 2024 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), scheduled for Friday at the Stade Larbi Zaouli in Casablanca. Kundananji, who has scored three goals and earned two Woman of the Match [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":70603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70604,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70602\/revisions\/70604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}