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2022 AWCON: Glory Ogbonna Urge Team Not To Underate Group Opponents

Ahead of the 2022 African Women Cup of Nations, Nigeria's Super Falcons defender Glory Ogbonna has urged the team not to underrate the group opponents, Apart from South Africa in group C with Nigeria, both Burundi and Botswana are debutants in the competition which make bookmakers tagged them as underdog.


While analyzing the AWCON draw, Ogbonna, who plays for Segunda División Pro team, Santa Teresa CD, stated that there are no more minnows in African football.

“Well, it is a draw just like other groups as well though people are saying it is an easy group, yeah I can agree with them somehow based on the fact that only South Africa and Super falcons are well known in group C.," she said.

Super Falcons will play Bayana Bayana in the opening group match before facing Burundi and Botswana later in the tournament.

https://vk.com/video-197469803_456240380?list=838aede513da821bd8

This was CSKA Moscow last League game,
Ordega and Cameroonian Aboudi Onguene were in action, you can watch and see how far they're performing this season...

Hopefully we would get a Super inform Franny Ordega for the AWCON in Morocco

My Possible 7 Midfielders for the AWCON


1. Rita Chikwelu 34yrs (Madrid CFF) SPAIN

2. Regina Otu 25yrs (Minsk FC) BELARUS

3. Christy Ucheibe 21yrs (Benfica FC) PORTUGAL

4. Rasheedat Ajibade 22yrs (Atletico Madrid Femenino) SPAIN

5. Ngozi Okobi 28yrs ( Eskilstuna United DFF) SWEDEN

6. Halimatu Ayinde 27yrs (Eskilstuna United DFF) SWEDEN

7. Tony Payne 27yrs (Sevilla FC) SPAIN

Standby...
*** Peace Efih 21yrs( F.C. Kiryat Gat) ISRAEL

Amanda Mbadi 23yrs (Bayelsa Queens) NIGERIA

My Possible 7 Defenders for the AWCON


1. Onome Ebi 39yrs (Unattached) NIGERIA

2. Osinachi Ohale 30yrs (Deportive Alaves) SPAIN

3. Ashleigh Plumptre 24yrs (Leicester City Women FC) ENGLAND

4. Akudo Ogbonna 22yrs (Edo Queens) NIGERIA

5. Michelle Alozie 25yrs (Houston Dash) USA

6. Nicole Payne 21yrs (West Virginia Mountaineers) USA

7. Patricia George 25yrs (SC Sand) GERMANY

Standby...
*** Onyinyechi Zogg 25yrs (Turbine Portdam) GERMANY

Glory Ogbonna 23yrs (Santa Teresa) SPAIN

My possible 3 Goalkeepers for the AWCON

1.Tochukwu Oluehi 35yrs ( Maccabi Kishronot Hadera FC) ISRAEL.

2. Chiamaka Nnadozie 21yrs (Paris FC) FRANCE.

3. Yewande Balogun 32yrs ( Coppermine United) USA

Standby
*** Onyinyechi Okeke 23yrs (Bayelsa Queens) NIGERIA

*** Christy Ohaeriaku 25yrs (Edo Queens) NIGERIA

Will be bringing you my possible list of 23Players for the AWCON..

From Goalkeeping department to the Attack, including those to be on Standby..

Note; This is my own personal list..

PDPGuy:
She will thrive in a 4-3-3

Of course even in their Low block formation..

It's going to be difficult for Randy Waldrum picking his 23players for the AWCON proper...

Maybe
(A) 3 Goalkeepers, 7 Defenders, 6 Midfielders, 7 Strikers

Or
(B) 3 Goalkeepers, 7 Defenders, 7 Midfielders, 6 Strikers

Or
(C)

3 Goalkeepers, 6 Defenders, 7 Midfielders, 7 Strikers

Olympic Lyon vs Paris FC this Weekend...

5 Assist and 4 goals for Onyeka Gamero in 3games..

mostob:
Ok....fact is we can't call everybody. We will get some and at the same time, lose some. A lot of Nigeria eligible players are littered abroad but when you consider the upcoming talents currently I'm our U20 and U17, wetin man go do

E nor easy at all...

But the truth is that Wether Foreign Born or Home Based they all deserve equal opportunity to play for Nigeria, but right now we mainly work with the Home grown at the U17 level and like 2 to 3% of the Foreign born too at the U20 level...

Right now am confused as to where Coach Randy Waldrum would play Tony Payne in the Superfalcon starting 11...

He already tried her out in over multiple positions for a Year..

Wing Back, Left Back, Attacking Midfield and as a forward..

AkinDS:
This kid is a superb player. Watched her play this past weekend and she just reminded me of a more refined and skillful Ordega in her U20 days.
Another one that slipped thru the cracks for Naija.

She also have the physical looks of Ifeoma Onumonu strike partner at Gotham FC... Play the same with a lot of pace Margaret Purce the US international...

We're not the only one loosing Players here too, Catarina Macario who plays for Lyon turn down Brazil to Play for the US... Look how she's booming up and up now.

AkinDS:
At least, make an effort to get them and if you lose, you lose.
Not that you fold your arms and do nothing, and expect to get the best talent out there - which is the stance Nigeria has adopted all these years and we have paid dearly for it.

We're doing our best and you all also have a part to play too...

Swedish Forward Fridolina Rolfo doesn't mind playing as a Left Back as far she gets the game time at Barcelona Femenino...

Schemerkhiz:
USA women’s youth U17 player Onyeka Gamero has written her name in the history books after she scored the fastest-ever goal in tournament history for the USA.

Onyeka Gamero achieved this feat Saturday when she opened the scoring for the US U17 women’s team in the 23rd second to lead them to 11-0 win over Curaçao in a CONCACAF U17 Women’s competition.



The wonder kid went on to score in the 49th minute to give the US a 6-0 lead after she assisted Nicholette Kiorpes for a goal in the seventh minute

.Onyeka completed her hat-trick in the 73rd minute for a 10-0 lead.

She has now scored four goals in the tournament




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


Onyeka Gamero with the United States U17 They are near to qualify to the 2022 FIFA Women's U-17 World Cup. This American forward is half-Spanish and half-Nigerian.

This Gamero too is another super talented striker good with both feets, Half Nigeria and Half Spanish but US don ready grab her....

I remember one player who recently debuted for Netherland at the Senior level, she was open to play for 3 top counties Spain, US and Netherland but she went with the Dutch..

AkinDS:
Eseosa Aigbogun - Swiss player who we chose to ignore even when she had aspirations to play for Naija by way of her dad.
So many kids we could have had. Similar will happen to the young Vicki girl in Spain. There is absolutely no way Spain will let her go. No way, considering she is a precocious talent who could become world class.
Naija dropped the ball here - big time!

Vicky wears no.10 for Spain U17 now, she has the final say here, I know too well that Spain wouldn't let her go but the Nigeria in her is still there...

With the presence of Ashleigh Plumptre, Tony Sisters, Onyi Zogg, Roosa Ariyo in the team I believe they would all want to play for Nigeria too..

AkinDS:
Its a pathway to Canadian citizenship. She qualified by donning the Canadian colors.
Those Canadians are very serious and don't horse around.

Anyway Sha... My Big eyes are on all of them, Following them up bumper to bumper especially Vicky Lopez, Spain must not get her at the Senior level, She's still very much interested in playing for the Superfalcons, Her father too wanted her to play for Nigeria in honor of her late mother but Spain don ready grab her like dis...

mostob:
I bet that girl in the second picture is also Nigerian. .Aigbogun.

Yes she's but already playing for the Switzerland Women National Team with over 30caps...


She spoke out years ago about playing for Nigeria but we didn't go for her, She's Chiamaka Nnadozie team mate at Paris FC in France, plays as a Left wing but currently as a Left Back for Paris FC

AkinDS:
Canada is very actively poaching players globally. The Canadian FA and the Canadian govt. are working together on this.
It is not by happenstance that their MNT qualified for the world cup and doing so decisively, winning their CONCACAF group ahead of powerhouses Mexico and the US.
They are slowly but steadily amassing a powerhouse of quality players for their WNT (evidenced by winning the Olympics) and will very soon start to compete for the WWC.

But this Simi case is just intriguing to me, Both Parents are Nigerian, born here in Nigeria before moving to the US, I wonder how she became a Canadian without living there for the stipulated number of years.. Not even US but Canada.... hahaha ��

AkinDS:
I beg, no vex.
Na work wey no gree me chance.

At least you're back now, let's keep the platform running...

Shay you da see your Nigerian children them wha da rep another Country, On YouTube you will get to watch their Videos.

So many Nigeria talent spread all over the World... There's one also who Plays Right Back for the Netherland U20 Women's team, hopefully i will be monitoring all of them during the various tournament proper..


Posted them here so you all we also keep tabs with them...


Nina Iyobosa Nijstad .... DUTCH U20


I spoke with Nina sometime ago and she was interesting in Playing for the Superfalcons but just wanted her for Finnish with the Dutch U20 first ..

Her performance at this U20 Women's World Cup will definitely prompt me more to go for her...


Anyway thanks to my great friend Andrés Lopés who keeps making the job easy to get access to them..

2 Nigeria-eligible players are currently representing Canada at the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship. They are Ireoluwa Omotayo and Janet Okeke. The following are their profile on the Canada Soccer website ---> https://www.canadasoccer.com/profile/?id=55756 (Omotayo). https://www.canadasoccer.com/profile/?id=55700 (Okeke).

I don't understand why Simi Awujo has recently represented Canada W U20. The very Canadian Soccer Association says she was born and raised in USA to Nigerian parents (born in Nigeria). If she and all of their parents and grandparents were not born in Canada and she has not lived in Canada the required time, she is not eligible to play for Canada.

The young lady has already represented US at U15, U16, U17 and U18 levels.


Ayo Oke


A top-notch defender, who currently plays for California, featured for NTH Tophat Club and helped them reach the GAL Championship game.

She was named best regional player in the 2020/2021 season.

She was born to Nigerian parents, which makes her eligible to also play for Nigeria.

USA women’s youth U17 player Onyeka Gamero has written her name in the history books after she scored the fastest-ever goal in tournament history for the USA.

Onyeka Gamero achieved this feat Saturday when she opened the scoring for the US U17 women’s team in the 23rd second to lead them to 11-0 win over Curaçao in a CONCACAF U17 Women’s competition.



The wonder kid went on to score in the 49th minute to give the US a 6-0 lead after she assisted Nicholette Kiorpes for a goal in the seventh minute

.Onyeka completed her hat-trick in the 73rd minute for a 10-0 lead.

She has now scored four goals in the tournament




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


Onyeka Gamero with the United States U17 They are near to qualify to the 2022 FIFA Women's U-17 World Cup. This American forward is half-Spanish and half-Nigerian.

AkinDS:
Please forget this lady - she underwhelms everytime she plays for Nigeria.
That's why she fell out of Waldrum's plans after she put up a very poor display during the Turkish invitational.
Time to focus on more exciting prospects.

Hahaha.... na post i post ooo


Anyways where have you been all this while?
I miss your contributions, do well to help us keep this group busy and updated...

Another technically gifted Superfalcons Forward... Esther Okoronkwo

Superfalcons Chinese Plug...

Meizhuo Hakka FC Striker Chinwendu Veronica Ihezuo

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Superfalcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie nominated for the Goalkeeper of the Year in the French Women Football League

Please Click on the link and vote for her �

Just watch this goal by Vicky Lopez
Nobody goes close...
The Future Woman Messi........
She possess so much qualities of Legendary Brazil Marta Viera da Silva...


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