Nigerians ecstatic after being crowned Women's African champions

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Nigeria staged a remarkable fightback from two goals down to beat hosts Morocco 3-2 and win the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations for the tenth time on Saturday (July 26) in Rabat, Morocco. - REUTERS

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00:00It was magical. It was scintillating. I mean, I felt every emotion when they played, when they

00:17were losing, how they scored. It was beautiful. And to think that some people didn't believe that

00:22we're going to make this Mission X, the tenth one. And it's very exciting to see that when we say

00:28something, we go ahead and we do it. So I feel really good and I'm proud of the girls.

00:39I am so excited that we won this match, because this is the tenth time they are winning and

00:43we wanted to make it complete. So now they are winning like ten full times. This is crazy

00:48and it's a very big win for us as Nigerians. And we are so happy. We still love Borokans,

00:53but like, yes, this is our win and we love it so much.

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