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Following their arrival in Cyprus, the Nigerian delegation were received by team's head coach Thomas Dennerby at the Golden Bay Beach Hotel, Larnaca, and they are scheduled to hold their first training session this evening at 4 pm local time.

olapluto:
Nigeria vs Austria tomorrow. Austria have been training well since weekend, while we had our first and maybe only training this evening. Tough match it will be, but we will not lose.

most of the Austrain player's are based in Germany...it would be a tough fight..

BascoVanVeli:
Think it is between her and oshoala for our fastest player. She could bring something off the bench with her pace

No ooo.
Alice Ogebe da drag fastest with Oshoala And Ordega oh... Alice Ogebe run faster like Mbampe

BascoVanVeli:
Strikers naturally drift to the wings to find space but that does not mean that they can produce as out and out wingers. We have too many players to be forcing any to play out of position.

Btw have u heard anything about Aminat Yakubu lately? Used to be a lightning-fast winger

Aminat Yakubu last played for Bayelsa Queens 2018, I haven't heard anything about her of recent...

[quote author=BascoVanVeli post=76118503]I don't think she has been playing much as a winger for her school. Esther is a profession winger, she practices and plays that position for her club[/quote

Kanu is naturally a striker, She play from both wings and also as a top 9 sometimes the way Ordega does.

BascoVanVeli:
They play different positions.

They play the same position....Both play especially From the Left Wing forward....
they both uses both feets effectively. But Uchenna Kanu can also be deployed as a number 9...

UKanu is a more complete player than Esther Sunday....
Esther might probably have experience than Kanu due to their age of playing football... But I will always choose Kanu due to her youthfulness and other qualities.

isan:
Esther Sunday over uchenna KANU anyday

Uchenna Kanu is 100% better. She is a good header, Skillful A set peice specialist she is fast and very energetic Good height.. and scores with ease. She has better qualities than Esther Sunday

BascoVanVeli:
Uchenna Kanu is not a winger na. I think Esther Sunday is still needed

Uchenna Kanu plays any position upfront... she uses both feets effectively.

BascoVanVeli:
Outside Oshoala and Ordega there is not one single speedster on that team.

Nku should replace Chikwelu.

Alice Ogebe is a deadly speedsters alongside Uchenna Kanu....But for Alice Ogebe to make the World Cup team will be difficult.

BascoVanVeli:
I will take Ceclia Nku AS shut up money but we need more grafters in the middle and we need more pace on the flanks.

The Wings is already filled with fast player's...
By the way Cecilia Nku is the a top notch player...If you watch her Game very well right from her U20 days you will know that she's a modern day Midfielder...a typical no10 with alot of passing technic.

Players and officals will arrive Abuja on Friday February 22. The delegation will depart Nigeria on Sunday evening with a layover in Egypt and arrive Larnaca on Monday.

@NGSuper_Falcons second preparatory tournament ahead of 2019 @FIFAcom Women's World Cup in France. Nigeria play opening match against Austria on Wednesday Feb 27 and Slovakia on March 1st. Final group game against Belgium on March 4.

Dennerby releases Cyprus Cup list

Super Falcons head coach, Thomas Dennerby,
will today make public the list of 24 players
who will fly Nigeria’s flag at the 2019 Cyprus Women’s Cup, Bestchoicesports understands.

The tournament billed to kick off from, 27 February to 6 March 2019, will be the 12th edition of the invitational 12-nation women’s football competition held annually in Cyprus, Middle East.

Daily Sun sports enquires revealed that coach Dennerby, is sticking to the 2018 AWCON winning squad as there were little changes to the list of players selected.

The nine-times African champions, will depart for Cyprus on Sunday, with their first match against Austria, next Wednesday.

Ranked 39th in the world, Falcons will also fight to overcome Belgium ranked 21st and Slovakia ranked 45th in group C to stand a chance of reaching the knockout stages of the annual invitational tournament.

Falcons recently played in four -nation tournament in China which featured Romania and South Korea as part of their preparation for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France.

The full list of the players:

*Goalkeepers* : Tochukwu Oluehi (Rivers Angels); Christy Ohiaeriaku (Confluence Queens); Chiamaka Nnadozie (Rivers Angels)

*Defenders* : Glory Ogbonna (Ibom Angels); Ngozi Ebere (Barcelona FC, Cyprus), Faith Michael (Pitea IF, Sweden); Onome Ebi (Henan Huisanhang, China); Osinachi Ohale (Vaxjo DFF, Sweden); Josephine Chukwunonye (Asarum AIF, Sweden)

*Midfielders* : Ceclia Nku(River Angels),
Amarachi Okoronkwo (Nasarawa Amazons); Ngozi Okobi (Eskiltuna UTD, Sweden); Rita Chikwelu (Krstianstand DFF, Sweden); Halimat Ayinde (Asarum AIF, Sweden).

*Forwards* : Anam Imo (Nasarawa Amazons); Rasheedat Ajibade (Avaldsnes IL, Norway); Asisat Oshoala (FC Barcelona ), Francisca Ordega (Washington Spirit, USA); Desire Oparanozie (En Avant Guingamp, France); Chinaza Uchendu (SC Braga, Portugal); Chinwendu Ihezuo (Biik Kazygurt, Kazakhstan), Ini-Abasi Umutong (Brighton& Hove Albion, England) and Uchenna Kanu (Orlando Kicks, USA), Alice Ogebe ( Rivers Angels) .

The Sun sourced.

isan:
in the their youth days Esther Sunday was far better than ordega but ordega has worked very hard and left Esther Sunday behind long time ago(

Esther is naturally a gifted player, but I think she got carried away. while Fransisca Ordega is an hardworking player....who has kept on working harder..
Esther Sunday has played in Turkey, Belarus and Sweden lower division side...
Fransisca Ordega is currently playing in the US, has played in Russia, Spain, Sweden and Australia..

PDPGuy:
Formidable squad there, but Patricia George should have been invited.

I really do miss her name... but she just returned back to the US From Sweden few days ago...

Cyprus Cup Squad

Superfalcons Cyprus Cup Squad

The Left Wing Forward is currently stocked with so many Left footed player's but those using both feets would enjoy it better.
Fransisca Ordega
Chinwendu Ihezuo
Chinaza Uchendu
Uchenna Kanu....

probably Oghonna Chukwudi

DerideGull:
Esther Sunday is one my favorite female players out of Nigeria. A very skillful and talented girl however she seems selfish and prone to blunders.

After dribbling and making some wonderful moves she will end it with blunder passes or misses.
Fransisca Ordega is currently ahead of her Big time...
Having played in Sweden, Australia, Spain and her experience playing in th US give her more node ahead..Ordega is very Strong, fast, deadly in front of goal and gat some technique in getting past her Marker.... I found it difficult to differentiate between her two feet which is the strongest..

olapluto:
This is not supposed to be. They should have booked the bulk flights long before. I hope we dont miss out on this tournament because it will make other organisers to avoid inviting us.

80% of the Squad members are foreign based player's..

Reports says that the Presidential Election is behind the delay of the Superfalcons ability to resume camp for the Cyprus Cup.

By the way.. Coach Thomas Dennerby has extended invitations to US based Wing back...who just graduated from Illinois University. She is currently undergoing a trial in Sweden for Växjö DFF Osinachi ohale present club.
Her name is Patricia George 22yrs...she is very fast and skillful.....
She is the younger sister to Regina George the 400M champion of Nigeria.

you can search for her videos on YouTube...

olapluto:
I beg to disagree sir. She is not doing great in Sweden. We need Ugo Njoku back. The attack is looking OK. Our problem is more of midfield and wing backs.

I watched some of her games last season... She is currently with Umea IK...
how can you bring back Ugo Njoku who is without a Club for over 7months now... She is Rusty...she needs to undergo 100% fitness and also get a club to play for ASAP...by the way she is not on Thomas Dennerby plans right now

DerideGull:
She is a one-time failure with BIIK Kazygurt in Kazakhstani. They one player left out that should be on the team is Ugo Njoku. I honestly think that she has been blackmailed due to what happened in USA when the Falcons faced the team from Australia.

Evelyn Nwabuoku @ 33 is not a bad player...
she is the natural Defensive Midfielder the team currently Lack
if Thomas Dennerby is not ready to bring her back...he should just change the Positions between Ayinde and Chikwelu...
Chikwelu is strong, a little bit fast...Versatile, and has Experience.she has the ability to play long balls upfront...
Ayinde is very creative and naturally a center/attacking Midfielder... she is good at one touch and shot passes.... she doesn't know how to give Long passes

I think EBERE ORJI should be brought back.....
she is doing fine in Sweden, uses both feets effectively and can play in any position upfront...

As for Oparanozie she is currently undergoing fitness training.... I hope she gets fit ASAP

DerideGull:
She is a one-time failure with BIIK Kazygurt in Kazakhstani. They one player left out that should be on the team is Ugo Njoku. I honestly think that she has been blackmailed due to what happened in USA when the Falcons faced the team from Australia.

Ugo Njoku has been without a club ever since june last year when she returned from the French division 2 clubside...
her fitness rate should be 10%

DerideGull:
I hope you do not have a favorite African or Nigerian player because most of them fall into this category.

Esther Sunday should have been our Women Messi if she had maintained her skills and intelligence with the Ball...she has the abilities to get past 3 player's at once but faded off.......
if you watched her very well during her U20 days From 2010 to 2012 ... you could see how terrific and difficult for a defender to mark her... I think playing in the Belarusian, Turkish League really depreciated her game....

Evelyn Nwabouku eyes Falcons recall ahead Women’s World Cup

February 18, 2019 9:40 am
Former Super Falcons Captain Evelyn Nwabuoku says she wasn’t happy for being left out of the team that won Nigeria’s 8th AWCON in Ghana and believes she deserved a recall into the team base her current form as one of the best playmakers in the Nigerian women football league.
Nwabouku was overlooked by Coach Thomas Dennerby as Rita Chikwelu and Onome Ebi led the Falcons to victory in Ghana to book a place in the Women’s World Cup scheduled for France, she also missed the Cameroon edition back in 2016.
Nwabuoku proved to be back in full fitness as she became the engine room of Rivers United last season and was later voted the best midfielder in female football in Nigeria.
“I think I deserve a recall to the Super Falcons to give the team a boost. I have missed back to back women AFCON due to injury in 2016 in Cameroon and last year in Ghana. I just want to reunite with my teammates in Super Falcons
“Missing out of the AFCON in Ghana was very painful considering the amount of efforts I put in to be part of Super Falcons team that won the cup. I have put that behind and I just want to rejoin the team and play my part in the growth of the team ahead of the world cup in France bill for June this year.”
A serious battle with an injury led Nwabuoku to return to the country two years ago from France, she played a prominent role in Rivers Angels winning the Nigerian regular league last season.

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Why Evelyn Nwabuoku Can not Be Invited To Super Falcons – Investigations 18/02/2019, by Niyi Busari.

More facts emerged at the weekend on why former national Women team captain Evelyn Nwabuoku may not be invited to the camp by team Head Coach Thomas Dennerby.

www.bsnsports.com.ng investigation reveals that Thomas Dennerby had told the midfielder the reason why he cannot extend an invitation to her for now.

A national team coach revealed to www.bsnsports.com.ng reasons Super Falcons coach, Thomas Dennerby cannot extend an invitation to Evelyn Nwabuoku to the Super Falcons as the senior national team prepares for the FIFA Women World Cup in France.

The source believes that Nwabuoku who was the captain of the team is a good player but her style of play may not suit the coach pattern and formation.

According to the national team coach who preferred his name not mentioned said, Evelyn knew why she was dropped from the national team in Lagos before they left for Abidjan ahead of the African Women Nations Cup in Ghana, adding that she is not the type of player(s) Dennerby needs ahead of the world cup in France. He admitted that the Super Falcons need players to improve the performance of the Nigeria women national team.

He stated unequivocally that Nwabuoku is 33 years and going by what the whole world witnessed at the 2018 African Women Nations Cup in Ghana, it was obvious that the Super Falcons need young, fast and talented players to beef up the squad and not a 33-year-old player. Super Falcons in the semi-final and final against Cameroon and South Africa respectively, were seen for the first time having least ball possession and were lucky to win on both occasions through penalty shoot-out

This, according to him, is not unconnected to the ‘aging’ players who need to be replaced by younger footballers.

Aside from the fact that age is not on her side, he continued, Dennerby was quoted to have told her before she was dropped from Falcons’ camp in Lagos that she is ‘old’, slow and hardly creates a scoring opportunity for attackers.

“Every coach Thomas Dennerby inclusive has their pattern of play and the type of players they invite to camp. Her style of play may not suit the coach pattern. This was why he told her reason for excluding her name from the squad for the African Women Nations Cup in Ghana and she knew why she will not be invited.

“Falcons need young, fast players as they prepare for the world cup. A midfielder who through her skills creates scoring opportunities for the attackers.” The source said.

Though, he admitted that she is a good player but coaches have a different pattern of play which determines the kind of players they need in a team.

Evelyn Nwabuoku, 33, is a Nigeria footballer who plays as a midfielder for Rivers Angels and have also played for En Avant de Guingamp in the French First Division1 Feminine and Nigeria women national team.

Nwabuoku played previously for BIIK Kazygurt in Kazakhstani women’s football championship and both Bayelsa Queens and Rivers Angels in the Nigeria Women Premier League.

Why Evelyn Nwabuoku Can not Be Invited To Super Falcons – Investigation February 18, 2019.

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DerideGull:
Esther Sunday is one of the skillful players on the team falcons.

She is skillful but not an intelligent player... her final decision with the Ball is poor...

Uchenna Kanu will be @ the Cyprus Cup next month alongside Patricia George....