Rose Baah’s penalty heroics encourage Ampem Darkoa Girls to successful begin in WAFU B Champions League Qualifiers • Sahara Soccer

Ghanaian champions Ampem Darkoa Girls have begun their 2026 WAFU B Ladies’s Champions League Qualifiers marketing campaign on a successful notice after securing a hard-fought 1-0 victory over defending champions ASEC Mimosas in Burkina Faso.

The Nana Mma produced a disciplined efficiency to say all three factors of their Group B opener, with goalkeeper Rose Baah rising because the hero after a vital penalty save early within the recreation earned her the Most Invaluable Participant (MVP) award.

ASEC Mimosas had the chance to take the lead within the sixth minute after being awarded a penalty, however Rose Baah stood tall to disclaim the Ivorian aspect and hold the sport stage.

Ampem Darkoa capitalised on the momentum and broke the impasse within the twenty ninth minute by way of Gloria Adomako, who headed residence the one aim of the match to provide the Ghanaian champions a precious benefit.

The Ghanaian aspect managed the sport successfully within the second half, holding onto their result in safe a memorable opening victory in opposition to final season’s champions.

The win locations Ampem Darkoa in a powerful place as they proceed their quest to safe qualification for the CAF Ladies’s Champions League.

Ampem Darkoa Girls certified for the WAFU B Ladies’s Champions League Qualifiers after successful the 2025/26 Ghana Ladies’s Premier League, incomes the precise to symbolize Ghana on the regional competitors.

The Techiman-based aspect already has continental pedigree, having received the 2023 WAFU B Ladies’s Champions League title and beforehand represented Ghana on the CAF Ladies’s Champions League.

Ampem Darkoa are drawn in Group B alongside ASEC Mimosas of Côte d’Ivoire, Edo Queens of Nigeria and AS Garde Nationale of Niger.

Their subsequent problem might be in opposition to AS Garde Nationale of Niger on Thursday, August 27, because the Nana Mma proceed their push to complete among the many prime two groups within the group and advance to the following stage of the competitors. They may even face Edo Queens on Sunday August 30.