The ranking comes after the Super Falcons ended fourth at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
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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.
The team is scheduled to play a third place match against the She Polopolo of Zambia at the WAFCON this weekend.
The president revealed this in a statement by the NFF media team, wherein he praised the performance of the ladies.
The President’s commendation was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Tuesday.
This was after playing out a 1-1 draw with hosts Morocco over 120 minutes in the competition’s semi-final match.
This was after a 1-1 draw over 120 minutes and down with two players against hosts Morocco in the 2022 WAFCON semi-finals.
This followed the quarter-final pairings that emerged on Sunday night after the Super Falcons bumped Burundi.
He had called the Nigeria media “negative”, but the Nigeria Football Federation had immediately called him to order.
The Cup holders got their 12th Women Africa Cup of Nations campaign back on track with a 2-0 win over Botswana.
In the process, the Super Falcons rose to second place in Group C behind soar-away leaders South Africa who defeated them in the first match
The 27-year-old suffered the injury during Nigeria’s 2-1 defeat to South Africa in the opening match on Monday.
The result was similar to that of 2018 WAFCON where Banyana Banyana pipped the Falcons 1-0 in their opening game.
Russia-based Ordega is said to be one of 10 players from across the teams in Morocco axed by CAF for this reason.
The match will air live on StarTimes, an official broadcaster of the tournament.
The CAF team that will form part of the build-ups and commentary for all matches includes renowned former Indomitable Lionesses’ captain Christine Manie (Cameroon), former Banyana Banyana (South Africa) international and captain Amanda Dlamini, former Super Falcons (Nigeria) goalkeeper Rachael Ayegba, and former Carthage Eagles (Tunisia) Haifa Guedri.