By Victor Kanayo
South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns have reclaimed the African Women Club title.
This is after they defeated Morocco’s SC Casablanca 3-0 in the CAF Women’s Champions League final on Sunday.
The women side of Sundowns have emulated their men counterpart to rule the continental club soccer.
The men’s Sundowns team incidentally beat their men’s counterpart of Casablanca to win the newly introduced African Football League few days ago.
They are also the defending Champions of the CAF Champions League.
How Sundowns women Took The Final Day
An account as relayed through CAF channel showed that a brace from top scorer Tholakele Refilwe and Boitumelo Rabale’s strike earned the South Africans victory in Cote d’Ivoire as they reclaimed the title they relinquished last year.
Sundowns’ impressive run in Cote d’Ivoire not only sees them reclaim the title they lost to AS FAR last season, but they set a record of lifting the title without conceding a single goal enroute to glory.
The historic win was achieved at a packed Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium in Korhogo on Sunday evening, where a brace by the tournament’s top goalscorer, Tholakele Refilwe accompanied by a Boitumelo Rabale strike saw the South Africans crowned champions with a 3-0 victory over Morocco’s SC Casablanca.
This was the second meeting for the two sides in the tournament after meeting in the group stages where Sundowns emerged 1-0 victors.
With a clear mission of reclaiming the title, Sundowns wasted no time in getting numbers forward and were rewarded in the 21st minute when Refilwe converted a penalty.
Minutes later, Rabale fired the South Africans to a two-goal lead before the break from the edge of the box with a clinical finish that found the bottom corner.
Coming back from the recess, the Moroccans tried getting back into the contest but were met by a resolute Sundowns defense that frustrated each of their attacks.
With momentum on their side, the South Africans put the cherry on top with Tholakele’s 78th minute finish to officially put the match beyond reach for the Moroccans and seal a second CAF Women’s Champions League title for Sundowns, which is accompanied by a USD 400,000 winner’s prize cheque.
