In-form Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE), who already have a ticket to the CAF Women’s Champions League CECAFA Zonal qualifiers semi final, take on South Sudan’s Yei Joint Stars in the final group stage matches at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. The encounter will be preceded by a clash between Tanzania’s Simba Queens who take on group A’s bottom placed FAD FC of Djibouti. In the second match, the Loza Genoire captained CBE are the clear favourites, coming off a domineering and emphatic display against New Generation of Zanzibar where they picked a 10-1 victory on Wednesday 1 September 2021 afternoon at Kasarani. The Ethiopian side will be looking to finish top of the group B, with an unbeaten run having started their campaign off with a hard-fought 4-2 win against home girls Vihiga Queens on Sunday. Medina Busser scored a hattrick in the march played at the Nyayo National Stadium. Odds are stacked against Yei who suffered a heavy defeat on the hands of Vihiga Queenson Wednesday, going down 11-0. CBE led by the high scoring duo of Loza and Busser have vowed to get better in every match they play. “We are hungry to win this title and qualify for the finals in Egypt,” team captain Loza told Cecafaonline.Meawhile, Simba Queens, currently on four points in group A need a draw to proceed to the knockout stage as they face the winless Djibouti side. Simba Queens registered a perfect start in their qualifier campaign beating Rwanda’s PVP 4-1 at Nyayo National Stadium on Saturday afternoonFlavin Mawete’s brace and a goal a-piece from Danai Bhobho and Aisha Mnunka scored for Simba as Nasra Nahimana scored the consolation for PVP.Simba Queens coach Ababu Ali Omar was not impressed with the overall performance of the team despite the win.”The aim was to get a win and even though we did so, it was not an easy game. This is a league for champions. Our goalkeeper did not show seriousness in the second half and we had to get her out. We cannot entertain jokes at this stage,” lamented Ababu after the match.In the second match against Uganda’s Lady Doves, the Tanzanian champions were held to goalless draw despite the opponent being reduced to a ten-man squad in the 73rd minute following a Sarah Nakuya’s send off for a second bookable offence.
