He lauded the Super Falcons for their remarkable effort in showcasing the nation’s prowess on the continental stage.
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The ugly incident happened barely hours after the team qualified Nigeria for her 12th Africa Women Nations Cup (AWCON) appearance with a 1-0 victory ( 3-0) on aggregate defeat of the Lady Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire in Abidjan on Wednesday.
The 46-year-old, who is the first woman to have won the Women Africa Cup of Nations both as a player and as coach, opined that the tournament will help the six teams to prepare ahead of their AWCON qualifiers.
The Super Falcons have won the tournament as hosts on three previous occasions – 1998, 2002 and 2016 – and are also the current holders having claimed an 11th title overall in 2018.
Players and officials of the Senior Women National Team, Super Falcons, have given big kudos to the Nigeria Football Federation for fulfilling all the promises made to them before and during the 11th Women Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ghana,
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi and other soccer fans in the state have congratulated the Super Falcons for its 2018 African Women Cup of Nations triumph which ensured an overall 9th title win.
Former Super Eagles Coach, Christian Chukwu, says the Super Falcons deserve to win the 11th edition of African Women Cup of Nations in Ghana.
A tweet on South Africa’s official handle on Thursday said Refiloe who played all the matches at the tournament left for Australia to return to her new club Canberra United.
Nigeria’s senior female team are billed to confront the Bayana Bayana of South Africa on Saturday in Accra.
The Banyana Banyana defeated Mali 2-0 at Cape Coast in the second semifinal game of 2018 AWCON in Ghana to set up a mouth-watering clash with Nigeria on Saturday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Nigerian side, in spite of their superiority in experience, failed to translate that into dominance.
Champions Nigeria flew into Ghana’s capital city, Accra, on Wednesday on their way to Cape Coast for Group B attrition of the 11th Women Africa Cup of Nations.
Ottache won the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in 2004 and represented the country at both the Olympic games and the Africa Games in the same year.
The Gambians defeated Burkina Faso in the earlier round as Cup holders and eight-time champions Nigeria drew bye.
He said: “When you start away, it is always good to come back home with clean sheet and win the game. So, if we can do that in an away game, we will have advantage to handle the game at home.”
NAN reports that the Gambians will host the first leg of the qualifiers in Banjul on June 5 and the home fixture will be held in Nigeria on June 11.
Mali garnered three points to finish third in the group, while Kenya were placed last after they earned no point from three matches.
Nigeria got off the better of the two teams, taking a two-goal lead after only seven minutes by capitalising on the sloppiness of the Kenyan defence
The midfielder, who hopes to increase her 26 international caps at the continental championship, said: “The goal for us is that we want to retain the Cup in Cameroon. Not just to participate, but to win and return the trophy back home
The Super Falcons had on Tuesday defeated their counterparts from Senegal, the Terenga Lioness, by 2-0 to qualify for the AWCON.
By the win, the Falcons had a 3-1 edge over the Terenga Lioness after the first leg ended 1-1
Sully said: “We were in training yesterday evening and the coaches worked with all the departments – defence, midfield and attack.
“And I believe defence-wise, we are good because in Dakar the defence was a tight one and the goal our opponent scored was a normal one.
“But our defence was okay and midfield too