CAF Women’s Champions League : Poor Start For Louves Minproff

Cameroon’s representative at the qualifiers of the maiden African Women’s Champions League, Louves Minproff, have begun the race on a sad note. They were trashed on home soil 0-3 by Malabo King FC on Sunday August 1, 2021 at the Ahmadou Ahidjo stadium. The game was the first leg UNIFFAC zonal qualifiers for the competition. Louves began timidly with the Malabo King girls imposing their play style. 
They seemed to have needed much time to adapt to the tactics of the physically present and tall Malabo king girls from Equatorial Guinea. Unfortunately, the learning process was enough time for Malabo King to get the opener thanks to a strike from Cameroonian-born Rose Bella. This first goal pushed Louves to work harder but were still to understand that they were dealing with relatively tall players and thus low balls would have been the best option. They had high moments that were all foiled by either lack of communication, less speed, lack of concentration or wrong decisions at the penalty box. Kameni Djientieu and her teammates at the attack line had serious difficulties in penetrating the goal post of Nigerian-born goalkeeper Ruth Chinasa Sunday. A goalkeeper whose prowess could be doubted due to her incapability to catch the ball and hold rather than pushing it away. This weakness could be exploited by Louves Minproff in the return leg game to be played on August 15, 2021 in Malabo by following up after strikes at t...