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Waldrum charges Falcons to win well

Head coach of the Nigerian women national team, Super Falcons, Randy Waldrum, has urged his wards to win very well when they file out against Lady Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire in Abuja in the final qualifying round for the 2022 Women Africa Cup of Nations on Friday.

A narrow 2-1 aggregate win over Ghana’s Black Queens saw the Super Falcons to this stage, where they face high-scoring Lady Elephants who mauled their counterparts from Niger Republic 20-0 on aggregate in the previous round. Most of the players invited by Coach Randy Waldrum have been at a training camp in Abuja, and Waldrum says the girls are fully aware of the importance of the big match. “Every player in camp is aware of the high importance of these two matches against Cote d’Ivoire,” he said. “We must win to get to the Women AFCON where the African teams for the FIFA Women’s World Cup will emerge.

It is one step at a time, but we all know that we must win well in Abuja on Friday.” Friday’s encounter, which kicks off at 4pm, is the first game the Super Falcons will play at the MKO Abiola Stadium since defeating their Senegalese counterparts 2-0 in April 2016, in the final qualifying round of the 10th Women AFCON finals held in Cameroon. Also speaking, veteran defender, Onome Ebi, said the Nigerian girls were highly motivated for the encounter on several fronts, including reaching Morocco 2022 to defend their continental crown, having the opportunity to qualify for the FIFA Women’s World Cup and avenging a bitter loss to the Ivorians in the qualifying race for the 2020 Olympic Women’s Football Tournament.

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