Captain of the Super Falcons, Rasheedat Ajibade, are among the early birds as the Falcons’ camp opened yesterday ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games women’s football African final qualifying fixture against Banyana Banyana of South Africa.
The two teams, arguably the best women football squads on the African continent, are at each other’s jugular for one of the two tickets from Africa for Paris 2024 Olympics women’s football, with the first leg holding at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Friday. The return is scheduled for the Loftus Versfeld arena in Pretoria five days later.
Nine-time African champions, Nigeria, still call the shots at that level though, with nine of 12 titles contested so far, and with a squad brimming with youth and experience, and the bounce of having been Africa’s best performer at the last World Cup finals – unbeaten in regulation time until their exit via penalty shootout defeat to England.
The full list of players invited for the two-legged affair are goalkeepers Chiamaka Nnadozie ; Tochukwu Oluehi ; and Linda Jiwuaku . Luis Suarez bagged his fifth goal of the season as Inter Miami were held to a 1-1 draw against New York City FC in Major League Soccer on Saturday. Nigeria's only surviving club in CAF competition this season, Rivers United of Port Harcourt, will have their hands full this afternoon, as they face one of the most successful clubs in the CAF Confederation Cup, USM Alger.
The four finalists in this year Delta State FA Cup have been equipped with Customized Jerseys for tomorrow match holding at Steven Keshi Stadium in Asaba.
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