Harambee Starlets’ ace Esse Akida led his PAOK Women’s side closer to a ninth consecutive league title in the Greek top-flight league as she bagged the match winning brace on Saturday when her team defeated Ergotelis 2-0 in the Greek Women’s Football League playoffs.Having been named in the starting eleven tasked to get the job done in the match, Akida, who was named the top scorer last season after grabbing 18 goals, repaid the manager’s faith in her as she broke the deadlock on the 56th minute with a sweet low drive that gave her side the lead in the match.Glad to have a grabbed a brace in our 2-0 win today to qualify for the next phase of the playoffs. Enjoy the first goal.#Akida_14#ACPAOK#WomeninFootball pic.twitter.com/ozj98qZiUZ— Esse Akida (@akida_14) April 22, 2023 The Kenyan international would go on to give her side some breathing space when she doubled the team’s lead on the 75th minute after heading in Mitkou’s cross, a goal that ended up sealing the three points for her side.The two goals also ensured the Kenyan international increased her tally to ten goals for the season with four matches to go before the campaign concludes.The win sees PAOK set a first leg away date against Lefteris Kanata in the third playoffs of the Women’s League set to be played on Sunday 30th April before hosting the same team a week later for the second leg.##NAJAVA_MECA_7198461##PAOK finished their regular season on 36 points in an unbeaten fashion and will hope that they can wrap up the title before the end of the month.POAK have won the league title for the last eight seasons since 2015 and will be hoping to bag their ninth this season. The club has a total of 17 championships to their name.Akida joined the Greek side back in July 2021 from Kenya Women Premier League side Thika Queens.
