The side had drawn bye in the first round as one of the seven seeded teams based on their ranking on the continent.
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Spain-based forward Rasheedat Ajibade missed narrowly with a left-footed shot in the 21st minute, but there was no stopping the inspired Ebi 13 minutes later as she nodded in a cross by Toni Payne.
Goals by Esther Okoronkwo and Asisat Oshoala steered the nine-time African champions past Haiti in Antalya on Thursday.
Returnee markswoman Asisat Oshoala had already seen her simple tap-in disallowed in the 22nd minute.
A statement issued Monday by Toyin Ibitoye, Special Assistant, Media, to Dare, quoted him as saying this while mourning the death of the coach.
He was aged 78.
The match, played at the Leon Stadium, late Tuesday night, saw Esther Okoronkwo scoring from a close range in the 42nd minute.
The game played at the Leon Stadium was part of their preparations for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in August.
The football association praised the wisdom behind getting the Super Falcons into the preparatory tourney.
The Super Falcons got a spot in the mundial after defeating Cameroon’s Lionesses in the quarter finals of the 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco last summer, with Rasheedat Ajibade scoring the crucial goal to earn a semi-final spot and the ticket to Australia/New Zealand. It meant the Falcons have made through to all editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup – a record shared with only six other teams globally.
She was reacting to a statement by the Nigeria Football Federation that she played only 52 official matches.
Regular skipper Onome Ebi is recovering from injury sustained at the Women Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco in July.
The delegation of Super Falcons, which left Nigeria on Friday, has arrived in the Japanese town of Kobe, where they take on 2011 world champions Japan at the Noevir Stadium, Kobe on Thursday, 6th October. The date falls within one of the FIFA Women International Windows for this year.
The highly talked about friendly took place at the Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Missouri on Saturday.
The ranking comes after the Super Falcons ended fourth at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
NFF General Secretary, Dr Mohammed Sanusi said: “We rejoice with Rahseedat Ajibade for her emergence as joint top-scorer of the tournament and we implore her to continue to show even more prolificity and commitment in the jerseys of club and country. Her three goals surely helped the Super Falcons to win a World Cup ticket. Our team would certainly have been in the Final if not for the incident that led to her expulsion in the semi final match against the host nation.
Ogbonna, made this known when she spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria from the team’s base in Morocco.
The tie, between the two highly rated sides, is set to take place at the Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco
According to the NFF, the defender said the team was battle ready and will go all out for a win against the Copper Queens.
Head Coach of Copper Queens, Bruce Mwape, said on Thursday that his girls have put behind them the controversial defeat to South Africa – through an added-time penalty that is still a talking point at these finals.