Ofuegbu said: “Falcons have really proved themselves to be a good side and I am happy that they have saved our image in the world
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The administrative crisis wrecking the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), seems to have taken its toll as cash crush seems to have hit the football house, resulting in the Super Falcons risking ejection from their hotel camp.
Speaking shortly after he visited the competition venue, Okon stated that the future of female football development in Nigeria is bright with the calibre of players he saw at the competition and commended Airtel for assisting in unearthing future stars from the grassroots through the initiative
The national under-20 men’s football team qualified on a 6-1 aggregate, after winning the first leg match two weeks earlier 2-0 in Dar es Salaam
Falcons’ coach, Edwin Okon, informed that the screening will be elimination by substitution to get the required and needed ones from a pool 34 invited players for the camp
He however said all machinery had been put in motion for the naming of a substantive coach for the senior national women football team after the friendly matches
With more than 100 appearances for the Nigeria women’s national football, the six-time African Women Championship winner believes that her wealth of experience in the game will go along way in assisting the national Under 20 team surpass its previous achievements on the continent and at the global level
The Bayana Bayana defeated hard fighting Super Falcons by a lone goal in their encounter in the competition holding in Equitorial Guinea
The Cup holders are billed to clash with the Banyana Banyana on Wednesday in the second semi final billed for Bata while host, Equatorial Guinea, will entertain Cameroon’s Lionesses at the Malabo Stadium in the first semi final on the same day
Like it was in the first group match, which the Falcons won 2-1 against Cameroon, the team, tutored by Coach Kadiri Ikhana, struggled in the opening minutes of the match
Nigeria, it is recalled, struggled to a 2-1 win over their Cameroonian counterparts in the opening match on Monday afternoon
In his post match comment, Super Falcons Manager, Kadiri Ikhana, expressed optimism that the team will do better in subsequent matches
The team was received at the Kotoka International Airport by stewards of Lizzy Sport Centre, where the team will be camped for their one-week stay in Ghana