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Who has been #TheBest FIFA Women's Goalkeeper in 2024? 🧤

Ann-Katrin Berger, Cata Coll, Mary Earps, Alyssa Naeher and Ayaka Yamashita have been confirmed as the five nominees for The Best FIFA Women’s Goalkeeper Award 2024.

Fans can now vote for who they believe should win the prize, which recognises the achievements of goalkeepers between 21 August 2023 and 10 August 2024,

1• Ann-Katrin Berger 🇩🇪
2• Cata Coll 🇪🇸
3• Mary Earps 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
4• Alyssa Naeher 🇺🇸
5• Ayaka Yamashita 🇯🇵

The Best FIFA Women’s Player 2024: Nominees🌟

The voting is open for #TheBest FIFA Women's Player 2024! ⤵️

The shortlist for The Best FIFA Women’s Player 2024 Award has been revealed – and fans can now vote for their standout candidate.

Sixteen sensational players are in contention for the coveted prize, with the nominees selected based on their performances between 21 August 2023 and 10 August 2024.

1• Barbra Banda 🇿🇲
2• Ona Batlle 🇪🇸
3• Aitana Bonmati🇪🇸
4• Lucy Bronze🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
5• Mariona Caldentey 🇪🇸
6• Tabitha Chawinga 🇲🇼
7• Naomi Girma 🇺🇸
8• Caroline Graham Hansen 🇳🇴
9• Lauren Hemp 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
10• Lindsey Horan 🇺🇸
11• Salma Paralluelo 🇪🇸
12• Trinity Rodman 🇺🇸
13• Khadija Shaw 🇯🇲
14• Sophia Smith 🇺🇸
15• Mallory Swanson🇺🇸
16• Keira Walsh🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Your nominees for #TheBest FIFA Women's 11. 🏆

Who's getting your vote?

I don't see the "twin melons" for Luvanga but I see them for Ashley. Damn, this "Trans"/Androgenous women trend is not funny.

Deltamani:
Clara Luvanga 🇹🇿 vs Ashleigh Plumptre 🇳🇬

2 of the goals nominated came against one GK. Lena Pauels will scoff at this list. 😄

Deltamani:
⚽️ Asisat Oshoala’s bicycle kick against Benfica has been nominated as the FIFA Women’s Goal of the year 2024..(The FIFA Marta Award)

Asisat Oshoala
Barcelona v Benfica | 14 November 2023

Voting open for 2024 FIFA Marta Award

Stars from Brazil, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Nigeria, Serbia and the USA are among the nominees. Watch all this year's shortlisted goals and vote for your favourite.

Voting is now open for the 2024 FIFA Marta Award, with 11 stunning strikes in the running to claim the newly created prize for the best goal in women's football.

The award is named in honour of the legendary Brazil forward who, impressively, is among the nominees for the inaugural edition. It celebrates the most spectacular goals of the qualifying period, which was from 21 August 2023 to 10 August 2024.

You can watch each of the contenders for the award below before voting for your favourite.

Vote for your FIFA Marta Award winner

1• Delphine Cascarino 🇫🇷
2• Marina Hegering 🇩🇪
3• Sakina Karchaoui 🇫🇷
4• Paulina Krumbiegel 🇩🇪
5• Marta 🇧🇷
6• Nina Matejic 🇷🇸
7• Beth Mead 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
8• Giuseppina Moraca 🇮🇹
9• Asisat Oshoala 🇳🇬
10• Mayra Pelayo 🇲🇽
11• Trinity Rodman 🇺🇸

Deltamani:
What is the Best Formation, Madugu can select against France?


I have a feeling Madugu will elect for a 4-3-3 formation. Barring last minute injuries, I ween our strongest starting 11 is:

Nnadozie

Alozie — Ohale — Demehin — Plumptre

Ucheibe

Echegini —- Payne

Nkor —- Onumonu —- Babajide

Substitutes
1• Unachukwu
2• Mgbechi
3• Monday
4• Adoo
5• Imuran
6• Oladipo
7• Isah
8• Omewa

Our Local Coaches play a brand of football built on largely formulaic and predictable individual play coalescing into decent team routines (physical/functional football) rather than a well calibrated, highly refined and supremely coordinated group dynamics leading the charge and devolving into unpredictable movements.

Functional football is easy to the eye and very plain. With players who know what they are doing and are very professional, it can cause problems even the most technical team on the planet.

And Madugu has highly competent players who are well versed in the job description of their roles and can raise their individual performance to make functional football effective. The traditional roles of wingers, midfielders, defenders and centre forwards (the cornerstone of physical/functional football) can be performed with class and effectiveness by most of the players invited.

After following closely the outputs of local coaches particularly in the last 5 years, I have come to perish the expectations of seeing tactical football in play. We simply do not have the infrastructure to produce this sort of football. So, hopefully our local coaches can enhance the possibilities inherent in traditional football of the 1970s 80s/90s and select players capable enough to bring modern interpretations to bear.

So, I am looking to see how things play out.

Not much updates about who's in camp, training sessions, likely starting 11, pictures!

If na Super Eagles now we would know

ekehopp2:
Not much updates about who's in camp, training sessions, likely starting 11, pictures!

If na Super Eagles now we would know

Abi na due to absence of Justina?

ekehopp2:
Not much updates about who's in camp, training sessions, likely starting 11, pictures!

If na Super Eagles now we would know

Both
The Super Falcons Show @Superfalconshow https://x.com/Superfalconshow
and
NGSuper_Falcons @NGSuper_Falcons https://x.com/NGSuper_Falcons
have no info.

but just saw elsewhere that "Nigeria and Galatasaray defender Tosin Demehin has been ruled out of Saturday's international friendly against France due to injury"

ekehopp2:
Both
The Super Falcons Show @Superfalconshow https://x.com/Superfalconshow
and
NGSuper_Falcons @NGSuper_Falcons https://x.com/NGSuper_Falcons
have no info.

but just saw elsewhere that "Nigeria and Galatasaray defender Tosin Demehin has been ruled out of Saturday's international friendly against France due to injury"

Maureen Umeughochukwu was suggested in Demehin place.. And Also to move Ucheibe back bring Edna Imade in heard was another suggestion..

Things not clear for now, we had little options due to VIsA..

Deltamani:
Maureen Umeughochukwu was suggested in Demehin place.. And Also to move Ucheibe back bring Edna Imade in heard was another suggestion..

Things not clear for now, we had little options due to VIsA..

Maureen doesn’t need Visa, she’s in France 🇫🇷 and I do believe Edna doesn’t need visa either.

I hope their Brain is working well for now… Game against France should be treated with caution. France isn’t Slovakia, Serbia or Romania you can mess with.

daveP:
Abi na due to absence of Justina?

Dey play 😁

No be tournament and it's been majorly like this even before Justina know say e go ever carry camera 😃

GAME DAY!

France 🇫🇷 vs Nigeria 🇳🇬

📅 Today, 30th November
🏟️ Stade Raymond Kopa, Angers
⏰ 9:10pm NGA 🇳🇬

#SoarSuperFalcons #ThisIsNaija #WhereFootballLives

Deltamani:
GAME DAY!

France 🇫🇷 vs Nigeria 🇳🇬

📅 Today, 30th November
🏟️ Stade Raymond Kopa, Angers
⏰ 9:10pm NGA 🇳🇬

#SoarSuperFalcons #ThisIsNaija #WhereFootballLives

First, I hope this game ends with a respectable score. The NFF however is an unserious organisation. We are building on sand and it's unfortunate cause our football will suffer for it.

Why exactly are we yet to get a substantive coach by now? If they feel convinced about Justin then they should appoint him. Let him start inviting players of his choice and build the team to fit his philosophy. Right now we are just gambling and making a mess of opportunities playing a world power like France will afford a substantive coach to build a team.

This man has handled 3 games or so and half the team from the previos game do not participate in the next (someone fact check this). How does this help us? It's sometimes tiring supporting Nigerian football.

emeka123123:
Dey play 😁

No be tournament and it's been majorly like this even before Justina know say e go ever carry camera 😃

Lol. I miss her sharp pixels. They fit use am cut Liverpool Defense

😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️
📍Stade Raymond Kopa

#FiersdetreBleues

Line up?

Nigeria🇳🇬 Vs France🇫🇷 starting Line Up…!

Laurent Bonadei is testing a 3-4-3 this evening!

Egypt based Blessing Nkor makes her debut for the 🦅 Super Falcons

Let's go, Falcons!🇫🇷🇳🇬

#FRANIG

Deltamani:
Nigeria🇳🇬 Vs France🇫🇷 starting Line Up…!

Laurent Bonadei is testing a 3-4-3 this evening!

Egypt based Blessing Nkor makes her debut for the 🦅 Super Falcons

Let's go, Falcons!🇫🇷🇳🇬

#FRANIG

Where can we watch the game?

WarHammer2000:
Where can we watch the game?

Somebody please answer

WarHammer2000:
Somebody please answer

Supersport Football will air the match

WarHammer2000:
Where can we watch the game?

Here….

https://www.youtube.com/live/unrtOzrCGNE?si=dUYFSh0etqnXRZZs

Deltamani:
Here….

https://www.youtube.com/live/unrtOzrCGNE?si=dUYFSh0etqnXRZZs

Thanks bro

Our formation
Not sure if both M. Alozie and Echegini have ever played as deep-lying playmakers or defensive midfielders before today

PDPGuy:
Our formation

Not correct, put Alozie in her RB position…

Ucheibe as DM, with Payne and Echegini doing equal work in Midfield (CM)

PDPGuy:
Our formation
Not sure if both M. Alozie and Echegini have ever played as deep-lying playmakers or defensive midfielders before today

Whoever did this has never watched a Super Falcons game ever.

😂😂😂😂


Karoo Was Offside tho.

Is there a VAR in this?

Edit: Yes, It's offside!

WarHammer2000:
Whoever did this has never watched a Super Falcons game ever.

Right

Man....Nigeria has gotta start developing DLP/Registas/ Players who are actually good with the ball at their feet etc. across all age grade/team. Being a Midfielder isn't all about ball winning and running around.


See how Calm Ashleigh is with the ball at her feet....The Rest just treats it like hot potato or a grenade 😂😂😂

Echegini finally with our first attempt on goal (and on target)

Liking the game so far....We do take the initiative to attack at least, but need to tighten up at the back.... Amaka has bailed us out couple time.

Le Sommer had way too much freedom in the box to score that goal 🤦‍♂️

The Defense sleeping 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️