The
Gambia national women’s team was heavily beaten by Mali in their opening Group
B WAFU zone A championship game played at the Wusum mini-stadium on Wednesday.
The
queen scorpions were hammed 6-nil.
Aguissa
Diarra scored a hat-trick in the 33rd, 49th, and 57th minutes respectively,
while Oumou Kone scored two goals in the 45th and 46th minutes as Senebu Sidibe
wrapped up the goal-scoring festival for Mali after putting her name on the
score sheet in the 75th minute leaving Gambian fans and its technical bench
disappointed with the final result.
The
Gambia’s coach Mariama Bom Sowe and her charges got it all wrong when defender
Amie Jarju was shown a straight red card and Mali awarded a penalty in stoppage
time of the first half.
The
female Scorpions will hope to bounce back from the humiliation when they take
on Guinea Bissau on Friday at 4:30pm.
The
win has automatically put Mali top of group B with a six-goal advantage in
their opening game, while the Gambia sits bottom of the group with no point
after one game.
