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ekehopp2:
I thought her and Ajakaye Opeyemi were already signed to Madrid CFF in Spain?

Look like things didn’t really work out at Madrid CFF, let’s hope for something good from Israel 🇮🇱.

Paris Saint-Germain's women's team beat Le Havre AC 4-0 at PSG Campus in their third summer pre-season match.

The first half ended goalless at 0-0.


The second half was marked by the introduction of new signing Joe Echeghini, who was making her first appearance for Paris. The Nigerian showed the full extent of her talent when she set up Tara Elimbi Gilbert in the penalty area, but the young left-footer unfortunately missed her one-on-one (57').

Fabrice Abriel made a number of changes on the hour mark, including the introduction of Éva Gaetino, who was making her first start of the summer preparations. Les Parisiennes looked increasingly dangerous in the second half, with shots from Joe Echeghini and Thiniba Samoura. Romée Leuchter finally opened the scoring with a fine shot across goal (1-0, 72'). Moments later, the new Parisienne doubled her tally with a magnificent free-kick from 25 metres out (2-0, 79'). And Romée Leuchter was not done yet, as she followed up for her hat-trick following a cross from Thiniba Samoura (3-0, 81')! Initially with her back to goal to control the ball, the Dutch international quickly turned and found the back of the net. Three goals in all, demonstrating all the ability of Paris's new signing.


After the Leuchter show, it was the turn of another new signing to shine: Joe Echegini. Echegini scored her first goal for Paris Saint-Germain after receiving a pass from young Lina Mokthar Jamai, who was making her first start for the professional team (4-0, 88'). The match ended 4-0 in favour of Paris Saint-Germain. Fabrice Abriel's side have now completed their third successful warm-up match, and can now look forward to their summer tour of Australia with confidence...!

daveP:
I think they have speedsters in the team. But they need to use it. I wish there was some opta coverage of their tactical side so we see how they operate under 90. They no dey waste time for counter and i love that element of surprise.

I mean make quicker and precise decisions with the ball.. Their passing still look slow for the kind of level we’re talking about.

daveP:
Congratulations to Edo Queens

Can the club management improve on that jersey please? Please....

I love how they play. Their passing the ball is needed in the Super Falcons.

If they can add some pace to their play they stand a chance of winning the Champions League..

This Lyon Squad is Epic… like Everywhere is stacked.

Having Chawinga, Diani, Dumornay running at you from the flanks.. Hegerberg on top!

Only Barcelona, Chelsea, Arsenal and Man City that have a good enough Squad to compete with them in the Champions League this season.. I don’t see PSG, Bayern Munich, Wolfburg and Juventus having a chance.!

🏆 Edo Queens of Nigeira are the 2024 Wafu B club champions, qualifying for the Champions League in their first try…

FT: Edo Queens (Nigeria) 3-0 Ainonvi (Benin)

Wafu B champions
🏆 2024: Edo Queens (Nigeria)
🏆 2023: Ampem (Ghana)
🏆 2022: Bayelsa (Nigeria)
🏆 2021: Hasaacas (Ghana)

FT; Edo Queens 3-0 Ainonvi FC
Suliat Abideen 45 +1
Emem Essien 60
Elizabeth Ukandu Og 76

Onyenezide Esther Chinemerem is off to Israel🇮🇱

Safe flight Esther!

BascoVanVeli:
Own goal if I'm not mistaken.
Edo Queens 3-0 Ainonvi FC

I think Folashade Ijamilusi took the strike but it bounced off the opponent defender..

BascoVanVeli:
Emem Essien makes it 2
Edo Queens 2-0 Ainonvi FC

I’m impressed, the only thing they can do better now is play a little bit quicker..! Just keep the team together and add those that are coming back from the U20 World Cup they’re good to go with quality Preparation..

Deltamani:
Remo Stars Ladies and SuperFalcons Defender Esther Akudo Ogbonna is off to Sweden🇸🇪 to secure a contract✍️!

Safe flight Akudo!

OFFICIAL: Nigeria international Akudo Esther Ogbonna has joined Swedish Elitettan outfit IFK Kalmar from NWFL side Remo Stars Ladies for the rest of the 2024 season.

The Super Falcons defender was received by head coach Zacharias Svensson on arrival from Nigeria on Thursday.

First goal for Onyi Echegini….

Remo Stars Ladies and SuperFalcons Defender Esther Akudo Ogbonna is off to Sweden🇸🇪 to secure a contract✍️!

Safe flight Akudo!

solonnachi:
This list is balanced

Everyone knows that Shukurat Onyinlola Olamide is a Center Back and that’s where she plays at the U17 World Cup and at Laliga Academy… They moved her to midfield so that it won’t appear thin…!

I can only see 4 Midfielders there…

In addition to being the Morocco A coach, Jorge Vilda will combine this position with that of coach of the Morocco U20s during the World Cup in Colombia ✅🇲🇦

He selected quite a few players playing in France with over 12players playing in Europe👋

NWSL

Kansas City announce the loan signing from Mazatlan of Hildah Magaia for the remainder of the season

OFFICIAL:

SuperFalconets will have two warm up games against Mexico and Australia before the tournament kicks off.

lovewins:
Deltamani, why is the official release of the NFF showing Imuran as unattached? Has she been left go by her club?

Don’t really know yet..!

solonnachi:
But she was not included in the final squad or was she?

I only missed out on two names who I couldn’t identify… I try sha😊
Joy Igbokwe (Naija Ratels)
Mary Nkpa (Heartland Queens)

Bohemian FC of the Republic of Ireland Midfielder, SIMEONE ADEBOWALE REILLY

The 16- year old was born to an Irish father 🇮🇪 and a Nigerian Mother 🇳🇬.

She stated " It has always been my dream to play for Nigeria despite the fact that I'm eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland, Nigeria has always been my number one choice and I'm working very hard to convince my coaches and my goal is to make the final squad to the world cup in Colombia 🇨🇴…

She’s still within the age bracket, She should be drafted to the U17 let her start from there….!

Enjoy this game for the Midweek

KC Current (NWSL🇺🇸) Vs Atletico Madrid (Liga F🇪🇸)

Tenwa Chawinga vs Rasheedat Ajibade( whenever Ajibade was with the ball in the first half, KC current put 3 players on her to mark her.. Quite an interesting game. Chawinga Sister doing her thing on the other side for KCC.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edjSmNDq1Ek?si=2JHxCd6xEva419i_

Liga Mx femenil

Club America welcome Nigeria SuperFalcons Defender Chidinma Okeke

🚨CAF Women’s Champions League | Côté d'Ivoire Qualifier 2024

UFOA-B (Semi-Finals)
🔹Ainonvi FC 🇧🇯1️⃣-0️⃣🇧🇫 AO Spark
🔹Edo Queens 🇳🇬2️⃣-1️⃣🇨🇮 Inter d'Abidjan FC.



Aïnonvi FC of Benin will face Nigeria's Edo Queens of Nigeria, on Friday, August 23, 2024 at the Stadium of Peace in Bouake in the UFOA Zone B final.

A fateful duel to go down in history.

#CAFWCLW #UFOAB

solonnachi:
Please give us live updates of the match

CAF Women's Champions League qualifying

WAFU B Semi final

Half Time
Edo Queens 2:0 Inter D’Abidjan
Emem Essien 7’
Blessing Ilivieda 34’


https://www.facebook.com/share/v/NtBxvvwpGqipuzQS/?mibextid=CTbP7E

THROUGH TO FINALE!

Yasminath Djribil's 84th-minute stunner from outside the box fires Ainonvi (Benin) to a 1-0 win over AO Étincelle (Burkina Faso) in the first Wafu B WCL semis.

Up Next: Edo Queens (Nigeria) v Inter (hosts/Ivory Coast)
⏰16h30 GMT
📺 ufoawafuzoneb (Facebook)
🏟️ Stade de la Paix

lovewins:
Notice I put professional in quote. I didn't in any way say they aren't using professionals. I was inferring to your usage of the word.

Anyway let me continue to laugh in my usual Swedish way for now…!

lovewins:
Baba, again you're saying what I didn't say. Breeding talent and winning championships are not mutually exclusive. The crux of my argument is priority, that is what comes first. If I was against professionals in the sense you have presented wouldn't I be against the inclusion of the other girls who play abroad.

Also every of the girls on our roster her professionals in their own right howbeit local. They play in the NWFL and her professionals in every sense of the word. It is why you'll notice I always put a quote whenever I want to reference your rendering of professional.

But you said Spain doesn’t use professionals… How come their squad is made up of the most..?

Again If it comes to the U17 & U20 Women’s Football in the World USA, Brazil, Nigeria, Germany, Japan, North Korea have been the main stay… It’s something they have been good at no matter what. Spain just came up in recent time and it seems they have come to stay..

The likes of France, South Korea Colombia are next in line.. So we can’t take that away from the Japanese and North Korea as they have their way of doing it. Our own league have never been that standard but we keep bringing out players at the age grade level till date.

lovewins:
Ok let's go to recent history

The 2016 winners of the World cup was North Korea. All of their players played locally in their league and that didn't stop them from winning.

The 2018 winners was Japan and again all their players were playing locally in their league and academies and that didn't stop them from winning. Guess what? Japan didn't even have a professional women's league until 2021. What they had prior to that was a semi-professional league.

The 2022 winners were Spain, the vast majority of whom were B players of their various teams.

You see how you do.not need "professionals" in the sense that you're projecting and will still do well?

It seems you’re underrating the quality of the Asian Women’s Football League, if you have been following them you won’t pick out North Korea and Japan who have always been good at the age grade level too..


To take note of… China, South Korea and Japan league have quality players even from Africa, Brazil, Australia, USA and other countries. They do play there and I know of some Nigerian Players who have played there and some that still play there. Except the North Korea side which I know too well that Foreign Players don’t go there in the Women’s game.

AndSunGorilla:
@Lovewins, no gree for anybody o.

No mind, At the end he ran away from saying Spain doesn’t use professional players at the U20 level… even Vicky Lopez and that small no.10 I can’t remember her name now was already playing Pro with Madrid CFF before playing at the U17 World Cup..!

lovewins:
You don tag me plenty times since yesterday but totally missed the point I was making. Again you're strawmaning the argument.

1. I was never against players with top rated clubs being a part of the team. If not I would have kicked against the inclusion of Flourish Sebastian, Opeyemi Ajakaye and Oyinlola Olamide. My post was specific to Imuran.

2. My point is age grade competitions have historically been the only platform we have to either breed players, give known players without opportunities a fighting chance or introduce our local talents to the world. Imuran already plays for a top team in France as a starter and was until recently a regular on thr super falcons roster so I think it serves us better to give that opportunity to someone else.

3. The substance of my argument has little to do with what other countries are doing so highlighting how many of their roster plays with top teams doesn't change it. England, France, Spain, USA etc already have a system for breeding great players that we don't. They literally have a pipeline for moving players to their professional league. Like you highlighted, half of their players being part of a professional team isn't news but if any of ours sign for a bottom tier division 2 team in any of these countries it is front page news. So we can't exactly run the same template cause we are not dealt the same hand.

4. Finally, no where did I remotely suggest we shouldn't want to win. I just said for us it shouldn't be top priority.

5. Also the argument that we need "professionals" to win isn't founded in facts (notice the quote). We have been runners up twice (2010 & 2014) and on both occasions we had a complete roster made up of local players save for 2014 when we had beautiful Courtney Duke who at the time was a college player

2010 & 2014 is how many years ago…. you’re talking as if there hasn’t been any development around the world of the Women’s Football… now 15, 16 and 17yrs are now going pro earlier than before…! Some even skipping College.

Former Bayelsa Queens CDM Favour Emmanuel doing wonders in Russia… 🇷🇺

The Lokomotive Moscow Box-2-Box Midfielder was named in the Russian Women’s Supreme League Team of the Week..!

South Africa tipped as the next hosts of the WAFCON in 2025

By Velile Mnyandu

South Africa is in pole position to host the 2024 Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in July next year and South African Football Association (SAFA) President Danny Jordaan has confirmed that they have already engaged the government about their plans.

Morocco were set to host the WAFCON tournament this year, but it was postponed to next year as it clashed with the Olympics. The North African country is also set to host the men’s AFCON in December 2025, and they have since stepped aside from hosting the WAFCON. Jordaan says they have made their intentions clear to CAF about hosting WAFCON.


''Well, we have submitted to CAF our intention for the next WAFCON, of course that WAFCON was awarded to Morocco. CAF must now respond to us, if they say yes - it will give us the opportunity to defend our title at home, and it is a huge opportunity for Banyana,'' said Jordaan.


Banyana, the reigning African champions, had already qualified for the WAFCON after beating Burkina Faso 3-1 on aggregate. Jordaan says they are now focused on playing strong international opposition in preparation for the WAFCON. Desiree Ellis’ team is already scheduled to meet European champions England in Coventry in October.

''We also have to try and renew the Banyana team, and have them play friendly matches against big federations in world football, and I guess now it is up to CAF to give us a response,'' added Jordaan.

South Africa last hosted the WAFCON in 2010; Banyana Banyana finished third in that tournament as Nigeria beat Equatorial Guinea in the final.

The next WAFCON is scheduled for 6-25 July next year, and the AFCON is penciled in for 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026. Jordaan reveals that they are not the only country interested in hosting this WAFCON tournament. CAF has yet to make a decision on the next hosts, but SABC Sport has learnt that SA is the preferred host as they already have the stadia, and the infrastructure required to stage the tournament.

With SAFA also interested in bidding for the 2031 FIFA Women’s World Cup after dropping out of the race for the 2027 tournament, which was awarded to Brazil, Jordaan confirmed that they intend to push ahead with that bid, as they have also received support from the Minister of Sport, Arts, and Culture Gayton McKenzie.