Vihiga Queens CECAFA zone CAF Women’s Champions League qualifiers heroine Jentrix Shikangwa hopes the team will get better training facilities for preparations ahead of their club continental tourney bow in November.The Harambee Starlets forward was the star of the tournament as she scored two goals in the final against Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) to help her team lift the title. Queens won the game 2-1 with her second goal coming in stoppage time where she held her nerves to score a penalty.The win over CBE helped them secure the CECAFA region ticket and they now head to Egypt for the Premier CAF Women’s Champions League that will be played between November and December.Jentrix Shikangwa propels Vihiga Queens to the CAF Women’s Champions League with a solid penalty. That was a fascinating finals, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Congrats to our girls 🤞 pic.twitter.com/BhLG0bIkUf— Sally Bolo (@SallyBolo) September 9, 2021 Ahead of the tournament, Shikangwa says they need better facilities for preparations as their current Kidundu Grounds at the heart of Vihiga is in a bad state.”I am happy we won and we are going to represent the country in the CAF Women’s Champions League but we need to prepare better and I hope we can get a better training pitch, the Kidundu Stadium in Vihiga is in very bad shape,” she said,On her expertly taken stoppage-time spot-kick, the youngster said she was confident of finding the back of the net as she is used to taking spot-kicks. She added that she felt no pressure before beating the Ethiopian goalkeeper.”I was relaxed and knew I would score. I am used to taking penalties so there was no pressure at all from my end,” she added.Shikangwa was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.Vihiga Queens with a 95th minute penalty, young Jentrix Shikangwa steps forward to expertly dispatch it. This is confidence bordering arrogance 😂 pic.twitter.com/q84f9ppPSy— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) September 9, 2021
