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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Forget captain Ghizlane Chebbak and inventive winger Fatima Tagnahout, Morocco\u2019s most dangerous player is their striker Rosella Ayane.<\/p>\n

The 26 year old wins the set-pieces that the former two execute to nearly devastating perfection.<\/p>\n

Her movements cause panic in defenders and have proved decisive against Senegal and Burkina Faso previously. She won two penalties against Uganda, including one that led to Sumaya Komuntale\u2019s red card, and forced another spot-kick off Botswana in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Coming into Monday\u2019s semi-finals at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat, Nigeria had worked out Morocco\u2019s set-piece delivery and worked to neutralize it in the first half.<\/p>\n

What they had not paid attention to is the initial source of the fouls that bring these dead-ball situations. The streetwise Ayane started to move deeper in the second half and in the 48th minute drew contact from Halimatou Ayinde, who was sent off after the intervention of the video assistant referee (Var) for a heavy reckless tackle on the Tottenham forward.<\/p>\n

Nigeria stayed strong even with 10 players and scored against the run of play in the 62nd minute when Moroccan defender Yasmin Mrabet turned in Rasheedat Ajibade\u2019s cross from the right wing.<\/p>\n

Morocco\u2019s all or nothing approach paid off when Sanaa Mssoudy picked up Ayane\u2019s poorly cleared cross to make it 1-1.<\/p>\n

Ayane, who has scored just once \u2013 against Uganda \u2013 at the tournament so far, was not done. She again went scavenging in regions she was not expected to and in the 71st minute got Ajibade sent off \u2013 again after Var\u2019s intervention \u2013 for what Mauritian referee Maria Rivet had initially deemed a yellow card offence.<\/p>\n

From there, it was one way traffic all through extra time but Nigeria held on to force a shootout.<\/p>\n

But Moroccan goalkeeper Khadija Er-Rmici turned hero for stopping Ifeoma Onumonu\u2019s attempt in the second round of the shootout. Morocco scored all their five with Ayane getting the last to sail through to their first ever Wafcon final 5-4.<\/p>\n

Var to the rescue<\/b><\/p>\n

Earlier in Casblanca, four-time Wafcon runners-up South Africa were also saved by Var as it awarded them a controversial stoppage-time penalty to knock out Zambia 1-0.<\/p>\n

There had been a penalty scare for the Zambians at the hour mark when Banyana Banyana winger Noxolo Cesane went down under the challenge of Lushomo Mweemba. Var intervened to show contact had been outside the box and Jermaine Seoposenwe fired the resultant free-kick over the bar.<\/p>\n

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