Nigeria’s Super Falcons is still hoping to win its first ever Olympics games in almost two decades, npflupdates.com reports.
Super Falcons’ qualification for the 2024 Paris Olympics, was a thing of joy for many Nigerians and supporters of the nine-time African champions. This was explained by the long term absence of the West African giants from the competition.
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Expectations were high due to the quality of players in the team, their journey to the qualification and wonderful performances in Australia and New Zealand in last year’s FIFA women’s world cup tournament.
Sadly, Randy Waldrum and his ladies are yet to find the back of the net in two games; losing against Brazil and Spain.
It was a difficult game against Spain on Sunday evening with Nigeria having fewer goal-scoring chances in the first half. Hopes of securing first Olympics victory in years was dashed with a curler from Alexia Putellas few minutes to stoppage time.
NPFLUpdates in-house analyst Mr Best, in his analysis Sunday evening remained upbeat that the Super Falcons still qualify for the knockout stages if things go their way.
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According to the football expert, qualifying for the knockout stages after dropping sick points wouldn’t be a walk in the park. But it is achievable through hard work, prayer and faith.
“It may sound weird, but the truth is that the Super Falcons can still qualify from the group. It’s not going to be am easy ride, but with hard work and faith that things go their way, they can qualify,” he said.
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“If Nigeria can beat Japan with at least three goals, and Spain beat Brazil they’d stand a chance of knockout stage qualification. Make no mistake, Japan is no walkover, but I’m upbeat we can do it.
