CAF Women's Champions League: Edo Queens' historic run ends in semi-finals

The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) champions, Edo Queens, ended their run to make history at the ongoing CAF Women's Champions League on Tuesday night.

Edo Queens suffered a 3-1 defeat to TP Mazembe in the first semi-final of the championship in Casablanca.

Despite taking the lead through a goal from Emem Essien, the Nigerian champions couldn't hold on as TP Mazembe fought back to equalise and eventually doubled their goals to claim victory in extra time.

Merveille Nanguji equalised for TP Mazembe with a header from a corner in the last minutes of the game. In the 101st minute, Super Falcons defender Comfort Folorunso scored an own goal, and Marlene Yav Kasaj converted a penalty to make it 3-1.

While Edo Queens fell short of their goal of reaching the final, they made a big statement in the tournament by defeating the defending champions, Memolodi Sundowns' women.

Now, they will aim to secure a third-place finish, when they face Masr in the third-place match.

A third-place finish earns $350,000, (N586,183,500.) while the winner receives $600,000.

Recall that Bayelsa Queens is the only Nigerian team to have won a medal in the CAF Women's Champions League after winning bronze in the first edition.