The Copper Queens of Zambia are through to their second consecutive Olympics Women’s Football Tournament after doing the unthinkable in reversing a 2-1 home defeat to a 2-0 win over Morocco on Tuesday evening.A brace by the Copper Queens skipper, Barbra Banda who shone at the previous edition of the global showpiece ensured that Zambia went through after a nervy start.Banda gave the Zambians the lead just before the break in the 40th minute which sprung hope into the visitors against a highly spirited Morocco side.##NAJAVA_MECA_8021056##Needing just a goal to secure their ticket without conceding, Zambia sent more numbers forward and pinned the Moroccans into their half who eventually made a mistake through a handball by Najat Badri for the referee to point to the penalty spot.It was again the skipper who stepped up to find the second which was the goal that sent the Zambians to their second Olympics tournament in succession.With this being their second successive appearance, the Copper Queens will be looking at doing better than the Tokyo 2020 edition where they were eliminated in the first round of the competition.Zambia joined Nigeria to the Games following their qualification.African players in Europe: Salah’s milestone gets Reds a bittersweet point, BVB fall to Serhou’s mightNigeria will compete in their fifth Olympics Women’s Football Tournament after securing their ticket to the global showpiece following a 0-0 draw in Pretoria, South Africa on Tuesday, 09 April.The goalless stalemate was enough for the Super Falcons to secure passage to their fifth Olympics after last making an appearance in the 2008 edition in Beijing.Coming into the tie with a 1-0 cushion from the first leg in Abuja, the 11-time African champions needed just a draw to secure a place in Paris and did just enough to frustrate the current African champions who failed to break their resolute defence.
