Rodrigues did better two minutes later when she palmed a left-footed angled drive from captain Rasheedat Ajibade.
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The tie, between the two highly rated sides, is set to take place at the Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco
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
Goals by new birds Ifeoma Onumonu and Esther Okoronkwo steered the Super Falcons to a 3-0 aggregate win over Cote d’Ivoire in the final round of the qualifiers in February.
A brace by US-based forward Ifeoma Onumonu took the Super Falcons above the visitors in the two-match fixture.
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,
Champions Nigeria will throw in their aces from the referee’s first blast of the whistle in Saturday’s Women Africa Cup of Nations Final against South Africa at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Cup holders, Super Falcons of Nigeria shot back to contention at the 11th Women Africa Cup of Nations after a 4-0 thrashing of Group leaders Shepolopolo of Zambia in Cape Coast.
Head Coach Thomas Dennerby has released a list of 21 players who will fly Nigeria’s flag at the 11th Women Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ghana.
The Senior Women National Team, Super Falcons, will on Thursday test strength against Dominion Hotspur FC, a boys’ team based in Lagos, in its first friendly match ahead of next month’s 11th Women Africa Cup of Nations.
The Swede, who graciously allowed the players to feature for their respective clubs in the Nigeria Women’s Football League at the weekend, recalled a handful of those he feels can give the invited overseas-based professional players good fight for places in the final squad
The Cameroonian Lionesses, who lost 0-2 to the Falcons in the final of the 2014 edition in Windhoek, Namibia, dominated play from the beginning but were profligate in front of goal.
The representative of the Governor of the Littoral region, Etienne Ludovic Ngbwa, received the players on arrival the Douala International Airport on Wednesday night
The Franco-German tactician said: “I have seen a good training match against the boys and I can see the team is better than the last time I saw them. I could see that everyone invited are here: homed –based and overseas –based professionals. And I can see that they work very well with the coach