The Heartland Queens from Imo state secured a fantastic victory with a 2-0 win against the formidable Fortress Ladies FC.
Heartland Queens Lucky Mary netted the opening goal in the 18th minute, while Chinaka Chinedu converted a penalty for the second goal at 43rd minute before the game stop time.
Fortress Ladies FC promise to soar higher at Thursday’s face-off with Royal Queens FC at the Western Boys Mini Stadia, Benin City. Kick-off time is 2:00pm
Fortress Ladies’ jersey number 4, Marvelous Akpoham was named the most valuable player, and received a GoTv decoder reward during a post-match interview.
Marvelous scored the sole goal for Fortress Ladies against FC Robo on Tuesday.
Out of the total 13 clubs playing at the Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament, 11 of the clubs are competing at the female Premier League.
