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Some action pictures from Flamingoes match today against DR Congo.

More action pictures from Flamingoes match today against DR Congo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHY6SUB2WXg

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For this recent AWCON qualifying game, Algeria had 7 foreign born players in their team, 6 born in France and 1in Canada...

Gambia also went for their foreign born too

70% of the Africa Woman team are currently Poaching for Foreign born players..

Deltamani:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHY6SUB2WXg

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The free kick goal at 2:08 was absolutely fantastic! It’s reminiscent of Ronaldinho’s goal vs England at the 2002 WC.
But the open-net miss at the 0:54s mark was minus in their overall performance. You need to put those glit edge chances away, especially against much better teams than Congo, otherwise it could come back to bite you

What about the u17 striker for the last qualifier before the whole tournament was canceled , yetunde balogun she's thunder balogun granddaughter , is she part of the team ?

Deltamani:
Some action pictures from Flamingoes match today against DR Congo.

Lol i thought you are the one that changed your name to Deltamani

Schemerkhiz:
For this recent AWCON qualifying game, Algeria had 7 foreign born players in their team, 6 born in France and 1in Canada...

Gambia also went for their foreign born too

70% of the Africa Woman team are currently Poaching for Foreign born players..

isan:
Lol i thought you are the one that changed your name to Deltamani

Hahaha... The person resemble me ahbi??

Has Asisat Oshoala surpassed Perpetua Nkwocha as Super Falcons and Africa's greatest women's player ever?
By..., JOBA OGUNWALE
March 7, 2022


When the ex- Sunnanå SK forward won the last of her four African Women's player of the year awards in 2011, not many believed the feat could be matched, but 11 years later, the story is different.

The Super Falcons are the greatest women's football team in Africa, and it is only normal for them to have produced so many great players.
Mercy Akide, Cynthia Uwak, Florence Omagbemi and Precious Dede are some of the big names to come out of Nigeria and Africa.

However, while these names are great players in their own right, none matches up to Perpetua Nkwocha.

Although the likes of Akide and Omagbemi made the game popular in the country, Nkwocha took it to another level with her performances and achievements.

The 46-year-old represented Nigeria at eight CAF Africa Women's Cup of Nations (AWCON), winning a record six times and finishing as the top scorer on three occasions.
On one of those occasions (2004), she scored nine goals, including four against Cameroon – a record that still stands today.

Nkwocha also represented Nigeria at four FIFA Women's World Cup and three Olympic Football events, while she also won for CAF Women's Player of the Year awards, which was a record at that time.

By the time Nkwocha retired from football in 2015, she had cemented her status as the greatest African women's player of all time, and it was unfathomable to think her achievements would be matched or surpassed soon.

However, seven years after her retirement, another Nigerian by the name of Oshoala has matched, if not surpassed, Nwkwocha's achievements.

Oshoala's journey to surpassing her fellow countrywoman started a year before she retired. The 27-year-old's breakout campaign came at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, where she finished as the tournament's top scorer with seven goals.

After the competition, it was clear that Oshoala would be a threat to Nkwocha's title. Her profile continued to rise that same year as she finished as Super Falcons' second top scorer at the 2014 AWCON, which Nigeria won.
It is important to note that both Oshoala and Nkwocha were in the squad that won the competition in 2014, which made it seem like a passing of the baton.

Both players also represented Nigeria at the 2015 Women's World Cup, but Oshoala outshined her older rival, who retired after the competition.

Although Nigeria failed to qualify for the knockout stages, Oshoala was one of the team's scorers in the 3-3 draw against Sweden, which was the only game they picked up a point.

Following Nkwocha's retirement, the spotlight was now on Oshoala, and it is something she has taken in her stride.

She has added two more continental titles to the one she won in 2014 while also playing at another World Cup.

However, Oshoala's biggest individual achievement is winning four CAF Women's player of the year awards - the same number Nkwocha won before retiring.
It is a remarkable achievement for the 25-year-old, considering the short time it took her to match her countrywoman's record.

And with Oshoala just 27, she is on course to break the tie this year. But it is not just the CAF awards that put Oshoala ahead of her older rival.

For all her greatness at the international level, Nkwocha did not have a great club career. The ex-Super Falcons star played for just Sunnanå SK outside of Nigeria, scoring just 65 goals for the club.

In contrast, Oshoala has had a stellar club career since leaving the shores of the country in 2015. The 27-year-old has played for some of Europe's top clubs like Liverpool and Arsenal, while she also had a successful stint in China.

Oshoala currently plays for Barcelona Femeni, who are the best club in the world right now. She won the treble with the club last campaign, and she is the club's current top scorer this season with 23 goals in 25 games.
Although it could be argued that Nkwocha played at a time when women's football was still growing, as many of these top European clubs did not have a women's team, it still does not take away what Oshoala has achieved in a short period.

And also, considering their achievements and the fact that Oshoala still has many more years left, it is hard to deny that the Barcelona star has already cemented her status as the greatest women's player to come out of Africa.

Nkwocha will always be known as the player that changed the level of women's football in Africa, but Oshoala will be remembered as the player that took the game to an unprecedented height.

Schemerkhiz:
Has Asisat Oshoala surpassed Perpetua Nkwocha as Super Falcons and Africa's greatest women's player ever?
By..., JOBA OGUNWALE
March 7, 2022


When the ex- Sunnanå SK forward won the last of her four African Women's player of the year awards in 2011, not many believed the feat could be matched, but 11 years later, the story is different.

The Super Falcons are the greatest women's football team in Africa, and it is only normal for them to have produced so many great players.
Mercy Akide, Cynthia Uwak, Florence Omagbemi and Precious Dede are some of the big names to come out of Nigeria and Africa.

However, while these names are great players in their own right, none matches up to Perpetua Nkwocha.

Although the likes of Akide and Omagbemi made the game popular in the country, Nkwocha took it to another level with her performances and achievements.

The 46-year-old represented Nigeria at eight CAF Africa Women's Cup of Nations (AWCON), winning a record six times and finishing as the top scorer on three occasions.
On one of those occasions (2004), she scored nine goals, including four against Cameroon – a record that still stands today.

Nkwocha also represented Nigeria at four FIFA Women's World Cup and three Olympic Football events, while she also won for CAF Women's Player of the Year awards, which was a record at that time.

By the time Nkwocha retired from football in 2015, she had cemented her status as the greatest African women's player of all time, and it was unfathomable to think her achievements would be matched or surpassed soon.

However, seven years after her retirement, another Nigerian by the name of Oshoala has matched, if not surpassed, Nwkwocha's achievements.

Oshoala's journey to surpassing her fellow countrywoman started a year before she retired. The 27-year-old's breakout campaign came at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, where she finished as the tournament's top scorer with seven goals.

After the competition, it was clear that Oshoala would be a threat to Nkwocha's title. Her profile continued to rise that same year as she finished as Super Falcons' second top scorer at the 2014 AWCON, which Nigeria won.
It is important to note that both Oshoala and Nkwocha were in the squad that won the competition in 2014, which made it seem like a passing of the baton.

Both players also represented Nigeria at the 2015 Women's World Cup, but Oshoala outshined her older rival, who retired after the competition.

Although Nigeria failed to qualify for the knockout stages, Oshoala was one of the team's scorers in the 3-3 draw against Sweden, which was the only game they picked up a point.

Following Nkwocha's retirement, the spotlight was now on Oshoala, and it is something she has taken in her stride.

She has added two more continental titles to the one she won in 2014 while also playing at another World Cup.

However, Oshoala's biggest individual achievement is winning four CAF Women's player of the year awards - the same number Nkwocha won before retiring.
It is a remarkable achievement for the 25-year-old, considering the short time it took her to match her countrywoman's record.

And with Oshoala just 27, she is on course to break the tie this year. But it is not just the CAF awards that put Oshoala ahead of her older rival.

For all her greatness at the international level, Nkwocha did not have a great club career. The ex-Super Falcons star played for just Sunnanå SK outside of Nigeria, scoring just 65 goals for the club.

In contrast, Oshoala has had a stellar club career since leaving the shores of the country in 2015. The 27-year-old has played for some of Europe's top clubs like Liverpool and Arsenal, while she also had a successful stint in China.

Oshoala currently plays for Barcelona Femeni, who are the best club in the world right now. She won the treble with the club last campaign, and she is the club's current top scorer this season with 23 goals in 25 games.
Although it could be argued that Nkwocha played at a time when women's football was still growing, as many of these top European clubs did not have a women's team, it still does not take away what Oshoala has achieved in a short period.

And also, considering their achievements and the fact that Oshoala still has many more years left, it is hard to deny that the Barcelona star has already cemented her status as the greatest women's player to come out of Africa.

Nkwocha will always be known as the player that changed the level of women's football in Africa, but Oshoala will be remembered as the player that took the game to an unprecedented height.

Depends on the perspective. Nkwocha achieved much playing for the Falcons. Honestly, at the senior level, Oshoala is not that spectacular. At the youth, club, and international level she has been quite phenomenal but there are many players currently in the falcons who in all honestly have contributed far more than she had.

Opranozie had been a better forward with more strategic goals than Oshoala. Okobi and Odega also rank ahead of her in their contributions to the team. So also people like Ebi, Ebere, Ohale, Chikwelu etc.

When Nkwocha was around, she was a playmaker as well as a scorer. No doubt she had many excellent players like Stella Mbachu and co, Nkwocha was just phenomenal and her absence could make or mar the team. However, in all honesty, since Oshoala's introduction, she had not held that type of mantle. Okobi was the star in 2015, we could say the 2019 star was nnadozie, as for 2018 and 2016 AWCON, the Falcons did not really have any outstanding players except flashes from Ordega once in a while. However, Oparanozie playing with injury in 2016 scored 2 strategic goals against SA (semi-finals) and Cameroun (finals).

2014 was a walk at the park for the Falcons and they would have won without Oshoala and Oparanozie (I am not negating the stellar performances of the two at the completion). I just wished to point out that while Oshoala had achieved international success, she had not relly translated this to the Falcons levels and honestly, one cannot really compare her contribution to the team with the contributions of Nkwocha .

Deltamani:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHY6SUB2WXg

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The only positive here is their sharpness and athleticism.
They even missed an open net and a one-on-one. Their set piece look great.
And they need to be aware of their surrounding and learn to spray passes instead of holding on to the ball.
They're still young sha so hopefully they mature footballicaly ad they age.

PDPGuy:
The free kick goal at 2:08 was absolutely fantastic! It’s reminiscent of Ronaldinho’s goal vs England at the 2002 WC.
But the open-net miss at the 0:54s mark was minus in their overall performance. You need to put those glit edge chances away, especially against much better teams than Congo, otherwise it could come back to bite you

The left back is a good set piece taker. She crossed a particular ball that almost went in, in the first half.

Deltamani:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHY6SUB2WXg

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Why only 2 goals?

naijaseeker:
Depends on the perspective. Nkwocha achieved much playing for the Falcons. Honestly, at the senior level, Oshoala is not that spectacular. At the youth, club, and international level she has been quite phenomenal but there are many players currently in the falcons who in all honestly have contributed far more than she had.

Opranozie had been a better forward with more strategic goals than Oshoala. Okobi and Odega also rank ahead of her in their contributions to the team. So also people like Ebi, Ebere, Ohale, Chikwelu etc.

When Nkwocha was around, she was a playmaker as well as a scorer. No doubt she had many excellent players like Stella Mbachu and co, Nkwocha was just phenomenal and her absence could make or mar the team. However, in all honesty, since Oshoala's introduction, she had not held that type of mantle. Okobi was the star in 2015, we could say the 2019 star was nnadozie, as for 2018 and 2016 AWCON, the Falcons did not really have any outstanding players except flashes from Ordega once in a while. However, Oparanozie playing with injury in 2016 scored 2 strategic goals against SA (semi-finals) and Cameroun (finals).

2014 was a walk at the park for the Falcons and they would have won without Oshoala and Oparanozie (I am not negating the stellar performances of the two at the completion). I just wished to point out that while Oshoala had achieved international success, she had not relly translated this to the Falcons levels and honestly, one cannot really compare her contribution to the team with the contributions of Nkwocha .

Well Said...

Nicole Payne have modeled her game around 23yrs old Liverpool FC Alexander-Arnold and 30yrs old Manchester City LFC Lucy Bronze... This two are top notch and well known Right Back in the Men and womens game...

Do we still need Rinsola Babajide??

She's full of running and a wicked Left foot that could cause havock for any defense..
Her wing play were superb.

I had the opportunity of watching their Derby game against Sevilla FC this past weekend, she was exceptional alongside Ghanian Forward Grace Asentewa...

Infact all the African Ladies involved in the game performed so well

Tony Payne..... Nigeria
Rinsola Babajide.... England/Nigeria
Grace Asentewa.... Ghana
Dorine.... Equatorial Guinea

Schemerkhiz:
Do we still need Rinsola Babajide??

She's full of running and a wicked Left foot that could cause havock for any defense..
Her wing play were superb.

I had the opportunity of watching their Derby game against Sevilla FC this past weekend, she was exceptional alongside Ghanian Forward Grace Asentewa...

Infact all the African Ladies involved in the game performed so well

Tony Payne..... Nigeria
Rinsola Babajide.... England/Nigeria
Grace Asentewa.... Ghana
Dorine.... Equatorial Guinea

...first off, who and who is she coming to compete with?, how old is she? Do you think she is better than any or some of the players at that position?

She's a winger/striker she has pace to burn and shes 22/23 ...Apart from okoronkwo we don't really have any natural right winger that can cut in on their strong foot and make things happen like Messi/sallah/Robben

carbonado:
...first off, who and who is she coming to compete with?, how old is she? Do you think she is better than any some of the players at that position?

If she really want to play for Nigeria she will be a good ootion for the right wing

Schemerkhiz:
Do we still need Rinsola Babajide??

She's full of running and a wicked Left foot that could cause havock for any defense..
Her wing play were superb.

I had the opportunity of watching their Derby game against Sevilla FC this past weekend, she was exceptional alongside Ghanian Forward Grace Asentewa...

Infact all the African Ladies involved in the game performed so well

Tony Payne..... Nigeria
Rinsola Babajide.... England/Nigeria
Grace Asentewa.... Ghana
Dorine.... Equatorial Guinea

carbonado:
...first off, who and who is she coming to compete with?, how old is she? Do you think she is better than any some of the players at that position?

By June she would be 24yrs..
She's Left footed, Quick, Very strong and technically gifted, she's good at delivering dangerous crosses into the 18yard/6yard box...

Her main position is the Left Wing, but also play from the right wing too...

She's good enough to compete with those already there in that Position

isan:
If she really want to play for Nigeria she will be a good ootion for the right wing

She's Left footed and Play mostly from the Left wing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUHp8dU32Xs







Watch the first 20minutes of their Sunday league game against Sevilla FC, you would have a hint on what she possibly have to offer...

Schemerkhiz:
By June she would be 24yrs..
She's Left footed, Quick, Very strong and technically gifted, she's good at delivering dangerous crosses into the 18yard/6yard box...

Her main position is the Left Wing, but also play from the right wing too...

She's good enough to compete with those already there in that Position

......she is still young, make sense, then lets have her, based on her age, i am guessing she and Ashley Plumtre would have played the age grade tourney for England together. Let give her a chance to show what she has got.

carbonado:
......she is still young, make sense, then lets have her, based on her age, i am guessing she and Ashley Plumtre would have played the age grade tourney for England together. Let give her a chance to show what she has got.

oya make them start preparing for her switch asap,no time to waste.

carbonado:
......she is still young, make sense, then lets have her, based on her age, i am guessing she and Ashley Plumtre would have played the age grade tourney for England together. Let give her a chance to show what she has got.

She has been getting up to the England Senior Women National Team since 2020... But no official cap yet...

Veteran Defender Faith Ikidi Michael at 35yrs still holding the Pitea IF Defence Strong....

Schemerkhiz:
She has been getting up to the England Senior Women National Team since 2020... But no official cap yet...

....if she wants to switch, lets have her.

Schemerkhiz:
Do we still need Rinsola Babajide??

She's full of running and a wicked Left foot that could cause havock for any defense..
Her wing play were superb.

I had the opportunity of watching their Derby game against Sevilla FC this past weekend, she was exceptional alongside Ghanian Forward Grace Asentewa...

Infact all the African Ladies involved in the game performed so well

Tony Payne..... Nigeria
Rinsola Babajide.... England/Nigeria
Grace Asentewa.... Ghana
Dorine.... Equatorial Guinea

With the way Ordega,Oshoala and Oparanozie is playing now, I think we need her....we don't have depth of we remove the aforementioned three players. We need her abeg

Patricia George scored a fabulous goal last weekend. Clip on her Instagram page

She is not in this team she plays for Naija Ratels FC of Abuja in the NWPL

isan:
What about the u17 striker for the last qualifier before the whole tournament was canceled , yetunde balogun she's thunder balogun granddaughter , is she part of the team ?

Schemerkhiz:
Veteran Defender Faith Ikidi Michael at 35yrs still holding the Pitea IF Defence Strong....

pls when is the return leg for Flamingos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJt1VMrcs4g


Eagles Tracker interview with Nicole Payne