Goals from Maurine Achieng and Jentrix Shikangwa reduced Aisha Mnunka’s goal to a mere consolation and were enough to give the Charles Okere coached side the victory which guarantees them a date with the winner between CBE of Ethiopia and Lady Doves of Uganda in the final.Vihiga dominated the game for the better part of the opening ten minutes and would have grabbed the lead through Teresa Engesha who dribbled past two of her markers in the second minute but her placed shot to the far end of the goal was blocked by the fully stretching Julitha Singano.Gentrix Shikangwa sends Simba Queens back to the dusty streets of Kariokor in Dar es Salaam! Vihiga Queens will definetely meet CBE in the final of the #CECAFAWCLQ. Will they avenge the 4-2 loss inflicted by the laides from Addis Ababa earlier in the tournament?— Jeff Kinyanjui (@Nyash88) September 6, 2021 The visitors recovered from the early scares by Vihiga and would throw everything to the forwards who were however nit sharp enough to breach the defence and and squeeze the ball past Lillian Awuor.The Vihiga backline was forced to work extra time to contain Monique Kipoyi whose dribbling skills caused them all sorts of trouble but managed to annihilate her goal threat.Simba’s skipper Vioeth Mwamakamba was cautioned in the eleventh minute for a dangerous tackle on Jentrix Shikangwa who had weaved past a number of a number of challenges and would have been through on goal had she skipped past the burly defender.Dotto Tossy became the second player to be cautioned in the match after she brought Majrine Achieng in the dying minutes of the first half which Vihiga would have taken the lead from the goal mouth melee from the freekick but Joan Nabirye fired the loose ball wide.FT: Vihiga Queens 2-1 Simba Queens. After all Simba ni jina tu kama Kitenge, @salimosaid @MichaelMwebe au namna gani @kwalimwadavid— Japheth Mutinda (@JaphMutinda) September 6, 2021 Seconds after resumption, Phoeby Owiti went into the referee’s book for pulling Kipoyi’s shirt as she stop the red-hot forward from advancing closer to the goal.Violet Nanjala will regret for failing to give Vihiga the lead in the 57th minute after Simba goalkeeper Zubeda Mohamed spilled the ball her way but could not force the ball past the line.Simba made their first change in the 38th minute, bringing in Maimuna Kaimu for the weary Mwamakamba. A minute after making the change, Maurine Achieng rose high to head in a corner delivered by Mercyline Anyango.Desperate to draw level, Simba rung their second change in the 66th minute where Aisha Mnunka replaced for Kipoyiand the latter would justify her inclusion two minutes later as she poked home the equalizer from close range.Vihiga made the first change with ten minutes to the final whistle introducing Janet Bundi for Violet Nanjala, a move which saw Engesha move to the centre forward, partnering with Shikangwa. The latter would break Simba’s hearts with three minutes to play after heading home a well weighted cross from Alice Muderi much to the jubilation of Vihiga bench who joined the players in celebrating the goal.Mpira umeisha ⚽️#NguvuMoja #WCL2021QCECAFA pic.twitter.com/PD6mTf5OtR— Simbaqueensctz (@simbaqueensctz) September 6, 2021
