Super Falcons depart for Vienna, arrive in Paris today
04 June 2019 |
4:12 am
African champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria yesterday departed the Avita Resort in Bad Tatzmannsdorf in Austria, where they were on a two-week residential camping, for Vienna ahead of their journey to Paris for the Eighth FIFA Women’s World Cup finals. According to thenff.com, the girls are psychologically high after handsome wins in two…
Super Falcons had a friendly match with the newly crowned Slovenian queens in front of their home fans before departing for Paris. Photo/Twitter/NGSuper_Falcons
African champions, the Super Falcons of Nigeria yesterday departed the Avita Resort in Bad Tatzmannsdorf in Austria, where they were on a two-week residential camping, for Vienna ahead of their journey to Paris for the Eighth FIFA Women’s World Cup finals.
According to thenff.com, the girls are psychologically high after handsome wins in two friendly matches against top clubs in eastern Europe.
On Tuesday last week, they defeated Hungarian Premier Division side, Halandas Viktoria 5-1 and on Sunday, put three past ZNK Pormuje in Slovenia.
Individual accomplishments are also a booster. Asisat Oshoala, who scored a brace in each of the friendly matches, has secured a substantive contract with FC Barcelona Ladies in Spain. Only weeks ago, she became the first African to score in the final of the UEFA Women’s League, even as FC Barcelona lost to defending champions Olympique Lyon in France.
Uchenna Kalu, who scored the other goal against Pormuje on Sunday, is in a rich vein of form, after scoring nine goals to emerge top scorer of the WAFU Women Cup of Nations in Abidjan just before the trip to Austria.
There is a new bounce to the steps of power forward, Desire Oparanozie, who has been made captain of the squad, and energetic winger, Franciscca Ordega is raring to go after fully settling down to football life in China.
Petite forward Rasheedat Ajibade will be attending her first major finals, as a foreign–based professional, and Chinwendu Ihezuo, who scored against Viktoria in Hungary, is also in great mood after settling down in China.
Goalkeeper Tochukwu Oluehi, defenders Onome Ebi, Osinachi Ohale and Ngozi Ebere, and midfielders Ngozi Okobi and Halimatu Ayinde, who played key roles in Nigeria’s triumph at the Women Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ghana late last year, are all confident the Falcons can pull surprises in France.
The Falcons are up against Norway in their first match of the Eighth FIFA Women’s World Cup at the Stade Auguste Delauney in Reims on Saturday, before other Group A matches against Korea Republic (Grenoble, June 12) and host nation France (Rennes, June 17).
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