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So so inspiring…. What we love to see and hope she ends up with a big club when she goes professional soon..!

SuperFalcons future no.10, with the way she plays just play a double pivot of CDM behind her and allow her flourish…


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iryD10Z2Jw?si=xY-dPtUSJ7F9mXne

I just hope the NFF/ Coaches are keeping track of this future star..
Joy Okonye of Brown University… 🇺🇸

A Brilliant Attacking Midfielder with similar physique like Toni Payne.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dDDKGVZG-U?si=GPpDkFoJ_E7Xc4DW

My 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ WAFCON Squad

Goalkeepers 🧤
1• Chiamaka Nnadozie
2• Comfort Erhabor/ Mojisola Ayodele
3• 🇳🇬 Based

Defenders 🛡️
1• Osinachi Ohale
2• Blessing Demehin
3• Ashleigh Plumptre
4• Michelle Alozie
5• Chidinma Okeke / Maureen Umeugochukwu
6• Nicole Payne
7• Rofiat Imuran

Midfielders 🧠
1• Halimatu Ayinde
2• Christy Ucheibe
3• Deborah Abiodun
4• Onyi Echegini
5• Toni Payne
6• Rasheedat Ajibade

Forwards 🥅
1• Asisat Oshoala
2• Esther Okoronkwo
3• Ijamilusi Folashade
4• Chinwendu Ihezuo
5• Chioma Okafor
6• Monday Gift
7• Rinsola Babajide / Joy Omewa


Note; I put Ajibade in midfield to accommodate more options in Attack but she should play on the wing.

Anyway there will be some shocker with at least 3 slots going to those Home based players they will want to force in by any means.

PDPGuy:
————————Nnadozie——————-

—-Alozie—-Ucheibe—-Demehin—-Plumptre—-

——————-Abiodun—-Ayinde————-

——————-——Echegini————————

————Ajibade——G. Monday——Okoronkwo—-

This line up should win the WAFCON and could go deep into the World Cup

We still don’t have a Proper ( no.9 )Natural finisher yet since Desire Oparanozie retirement..!

Joy Omewa is best as Substitute as she needs to improve a lot on her game even though she hasn’t played much minutes..

As for Gift Monday if she makes the team and get to play she will want to prove those dropping her from the team wrong… A good inclusion.

We will have to make do with Esther Okoronkwo who get more involved in ball playing rather than waiting to be fed to score goals.

Edna Imade lose 😭

PDPGuy:
————————Nnadozie——————-

—-Alozie—-Ucheibe—-Demehin—-Plumptre—-

——————-Abiodun—-Ayinde————-

——————-——Echegini————————

————Ajibade——G. Monday——Okoronkwo—-

This line up should win the WAFCON and could go deep into the World Cup

Is it not too early to bench Osinachi Ohale? Yes she has lost one or two yards of pace but she makes up for it with experience and good positioning.. I must say the Backline still needs a Veteran like her.

Also the Central Defense might also lack that height she brings one of the reason I will clamour for a tall CB as replacement.

In Midfield Madugu hardly play a Double Pivots, he prefers a Single DM and two CAM ( Ajibade & Echegini ).

But again moving Ajibade back to the Right Wing Is a big plus which I’m hoping he will consider..

🇳🇬 Been catching up with some of the Nigerian U23 players abroad we ain’t familiar with.

My takeaway is Nigeria have a really exciting talent in Chioma Okafor and Florence Onyinyechukwu Okoli.

They’re one of the fastest players I’ve seen at this level. Incredibly quick and causes so many problems for defenders.

Not the tallest but they makes up for it with their quick feet and speed.

They’re still raw. Needs to improve some of their actions when they gets into goal-scoring opportunities.

But that pace and their ability to draw defenders to themselves makes them players with special potential.

They closes down opponents so well in the opposition’s final third. Wins a lot of balls that way.

Excellent in one 🆚 one situations.

They Could do more defensively, tracking back to help out in defending. But they have got everything to go really far.

Remember their name… Okafor and Okoli

Both currently 22yrs and can play all positions upfront but Okoli is mainly a no.9

Nigeria 🇳🇬 SuperFalcons need a Kelvin Bassey in that Backline.

Whosoever that’s going to takeover from 34 years old Osinachi Ohale should be able to give us that CB vibes.

𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦🚨📰

FINAL DRAW FOR THE TOTALENERGIES CAF WOMEN’S AFCON 2026 TO BE HELD ON 15 JANUARY

The Final Draw for the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2026 will be held in Rabat on Thursday, 15 January 2025.

On the same day, the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) will also announce the winners of the CAF Women’s Coach of the Year and other outstanding women’s football awards.

The draw will mark a historic moment for the competition, featuring an expanded 16-team field for the first time. It will take place at 14h00 local time (13h00 GMT / 15h00 Cairo).

The 16 qualified teams are: Morocco (hosts), Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.

CAF Awards – Women’s Categories Ahead of the draw, CAF will announce the winners of three Women’s Awards categories:
• CAF Women’s Coach of the Year
• CAF Women’s Interclub Player of the Year
• CAF Women’s Club of the Year

These awards were originally scheduled to be presented at the CAF Awards 2025, but were postponed as the Women’s Football season had not concluded due to the ongoing CAF Women’s Champions League.

#WAFWOS

Voting chiamaka nnadozie 5th is a deliberate attempt at sabotage and that dude is a hater,no cap
Voting super falcons 5th is just an arse move.
This Mr Sam needs to explain himself cause his votes are not normal

Deltamani:
𝑩𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑵𝑬𝑾𝑺🚨📰

Samuel Ahmadu voted 🗳️ Esther Okoronkwo and Rasheedat Ajibade as 3rd and 5th respectively. That’s alright too considering Barbra Banda 🇿🇲, Temwa Chawinga 🇲🇼 and Ghizlane Chebbak 🇲🇦 are solid too.

Samuel Ahmadu voted Chiamaka Nnadozie as the 5th best goalkeeper in Africa for the CAF Awards. Bros, your vote is a blatant lie and I’m forced to believe you have your grouses which is beyond football. Nnadozie is not even the second best goalkeeper in Africa. Your choice is suspicious, wetin she do you

Mr. Ahmadu also voted the Super Falcons 5th in the National Team of the Year awards.

Of course, Nnadozie and the Super Falcons 🇳🇬 won the awards in their categories.

@CAF_Online supposedly selects journalists for voting based on their expertise but even CAF must be shocked that some journalists believe Nnadozie who’s by far the best in Africa is voted fifth by some people including those who are close to the team and sees players’ exploits first hand.

He voted every Nigerian candidate 5th in all three categories they were nominated for in women’s football.

There’s no prestige in contrarianism when it’s done at the expense of what’s right and obvious. It’s your choices but…

Tueh!

cafonline.com/media/ynzd50qe…

( ✍️ Rilwan Balogun )

The National Team of the year that Ahmadu voted for was “Tanzania”

can’t recollect any marvelous thing they did. I may be wrong but can someone shed more light on the Tanzanian team?

Deltamani:
𝑩𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑵𝑬𝑾𝑺🚨📰

Samuel Ahmadu voted 🗳️ Esther Okoronkwo and Rasheedat Ajibade as 3rd and 5th respectively. That’s alright too considering Barbra Banda 🇿🇲, Temwa Chawinga 🇲🇼 and Ghizlane Chebbak 🇲🇦 are solid too.

Samuel Ahmadu voted Chiamaka Nnadozie as the 5th best goalkeeper in Africa for the CAF Awards. Bros, your vote is a blatant lie and I’m forced to believe you have your grouses which is beyond football. Nnadozie is not even the second best goalkeeper in Africa. Your choice is suspicious, wetin she do you

Mr. Ahmadu also voted the Super Falcons 5th in the National Team of the Year awards.

Of course, Nnadozie and the Super Falcons 🇳🇬 won the awards in their categories.

@CAF_Online supposedly selects journalists for voting based on their expertise but even CAF must be shocked that some journalists believe Nnadozie who’s by far the best in Africa is voted fifth by some people including those who are close to the team and sees players’ exploits first hand.

He voted every Nigerian candidate 5th in all three categories they were nominated for in women’s football.

There’s no prestige in contrarianism when it’s done at the expense of what’s right and obvious. It’s your choices but…

Tueh!

cafonline.com/media/ynzd50qe…

( ✍️ Rilwan Balogun )

Ahmadu's voting is not only spiteful. It is condescending. For someone who was rated 4th best goalkeeper in the world at the Ballon d'Or, nobody matches her currently on the continent. This isn't even about patriotism (not that is bad) , it is about doing what is right and just.

And for those saying that their vote is their choice, I hope you all know that it could be you, in a different context someday. Imagine being highly deserving of a reward, and someone intentionally prevents you from getting it because they have the power to do so.

isan:
Are we playing a friendly match ? Is she messi or Ronaldo ? She's not even better than Monday....NFF have tried by taking her to a major tournament even when she's not fit if that's not enough to convince her she can go play for malawi

You will surely eat your words very soon, just because she was still in College! 2026 is here.

Same Chioma Okafor that has one of the most powerful weapon in the Women’s game.

Right now the Super Falcons do not have her type in the team, A fast striker with top speed, Strength and agility to outrun defenders..

Chioma is going to be one Weapon the Super Falcons will rely on in the future just as Racheal Kundananji, Barbra Banda and the Chawinga Sisters..

isan:
You want madugu play an injured player?

She recovered before the South Africa and Morocco game so why wasn’t she given at least a minute to tie her down?

Deltamani:
Edna Imade Commits International Future To Spain, Ends Nigeria’s Pursuit.

Spain 🇪🇸 has secured Edna Imade's international future after naming her in their UEFA Women’s Nations League Final squad. The 25-year-old was also eligible to play for Nigeria 🇳🇬 and Morocco 🇲🇦, but will now be permanently tied to Spain under FIFA eligibility rules.

For Nigeria and Morocco, her selection marks the loss of a highly regarded prospect who had been seen as a long-term attacking asset.

Now that Edna Imade issue is off the Super Falcons table, I hope the NFF and the Clueless Madugu won’t mess things up with Chioma Okafor.

She’s another Big talent that would explode very soon. Thank goodness she’s going pro hopefully this December or January she will announce her next move.

QueenJazz:
With all the brouhaha going on with the Super Eagles, I'm praying hard that the wave of bad luck consuming our national teams doesn't do serious damage on the Super Falcons.

I don't think my heart could take it if the Super Falcons don't make it to the 2027 World Cup. 😔

Yes the game is improving but It’s affecting already, Imagine Super Falcons drawing with Benin here in Nigeria 🇳🇬.

The only advantage Nigerian is having right now is the talent pool and player exposure we have more than the other Countries..

isan:
Azeez ? She was rubbish in my opinion

I will pick that Azeez before the so called U20 Right back.

TheSuperNerd:
You see that Moshood. Damn, the girl is too elegant with that left foot. Technical, physical, good passing range, excellent ball striking, late runs into the box, covers lots of grounds, etc. She is a special MF talent. If she keeps this up, she is destined for the biggest sides In Women's Club football. Just too good.

This Set is giving the 2010 Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 U17 set that gave us the likes of Fransisca Ordega, Jane David, Ngozi Okobi and Halimatu Ayinde..

At least the front 3 can play at the next U20 World Cup together if Nigeria have a proper structure on ground.

Moshood is definitely a Falcon Material, she can be branded into a great forward/ AM.

Good to see JOE now taking set pieces for PSG.

Manchester City currently destroying Paris FC 3nil.
2 big errors from Chiamaka Nnadozie. What’s happening to her? 😢

BascoVanVeli:
Adoo Yina has been good defensively oh. Did u see that block she made in the box? The real issue are the people she is playing with. I can't remember a pass completed by chioma olise and Oluchi

Ohh please, Yina Adoo isn’t a DM either but btw she and Olise she’s better. Is it Olise that made Danjuma drop Kalu or na Personal beef cause am.?

By the way this two Midfielders in the starting 11 ain’t even up to Deborah Abiodun level while she was still U20.

Anyway it has always been on record that Danjuma is a Failure of a Coach right from handling the Superfalcons on interim basis to the U20.. Even at Nasarawa Amazons, I can’t even see a trophy he has to show for his Coaching career.

BascoVanVeli:
Are u saying these performances are because our players are not good enough?

The Players are just average and they’re showing potentials that can be groomed, but the main problem is that the Wrong Coach is grooming them and also causing more problems to the team with wrong tactics and selection.

He didn’t go to the World Cup with a DM. And even the midfielder he picked they’re not even good with their passing & ttacking jobs.

I remember when we didn’t have a DM in one of the Qualifying games of for the Superfalcons, Peace Efih who’s an Attacking Midfielder/Winger stepped in well but this one’s 🤣🤣🤣

daveP:
If Falcons get team D, only two of the XI go fit enter there. If the only metric used to gather this team was decision making, 95% of them won't smell a plane ticket. They're all that terrible. BTW which role is that olise playing?

Osigwe will show flash then show ayan Kwadem next minute. They all made the Germans feel more than what they're worth. Shambolic. The handler na Jon Snow Promax

They can’t make the team D & E sef cause we have better talents based in Turkey, Israel, China and even Russia that will give us team D & E.

isan:
The keeper was rubbish and i think she's not talented enough to play at this level yet but None of the goals we conceded today was her fault the crosses are just too good

A goalkeeper that has been 3rd choice from qualifying game till date suddenly became first choice ahead of Anderline and Omilana that we have been managing. Anyway let him continue Accommodating his Nasarawa Amazon players.

Dropping Chinyere Kalu to me was another crime he committed, Probably he’s having a personal beef with her because Yina Adoo isn’t up to Kalu level defensively..

isan:
The coach and the left back nah dem kill this match

For your information that Left back is her player from her club Nasarawa Amazons, so he was definitely going to play her and he knows too well that he can’t bench Imuran so he pushed her upfront.


Non of this Players deserves a look in the Superfalcons team.

daveP:
all one needs to know a wack keeper is just 15mins of tournament football. The Korean game was all i needed. Onana pikin

I really want to make it clear that non of this Players deserves a bench spot in the Superfalcons team, even Imuran seems to have regressed, maybe because she’s playing with all this below average players.

They can’t even run to save their life, how is Jumoke Alani even sneaking into the Superfalcons list is something to be studied, like she can’t even lace half of Nicole Payne boot.

BascoVanVeli:
Tah. That team only scored more than one goal once in that competition is it not Danjuma again? The man is allergic to real strikers. Same man who played Anam Imo on the wing and Ajibade as a striker.

Danjuma has never gotten the job on Merit till date, as he’s not even among the top3 best Coaches in the League!

daveP:
Lol. She's most lucky and that's her highlight. She's no goalie. Judging by the last 3 falconets goalies from this u20, she's not anywhere them whatsoever. Lacks gk abilities and the confidence to execute that role abeg.

You’re very Correct, right now she’s dragging that wackiest U20 goalkeeper we ever had with Monle.

Ibubeleye Whyte is even better at least she made it to the Superfalcons and won the 2014 WAFCON while in goal. All thanks to Edwin Okon who trusted her. They need to do better in that department cause Chiamaka Nnadozie needs backups.

minfelix:
omo our goal keeper dey give me joy with that yoruba lamguage she dey use arrange her wall during freekick 😂😂

Which kin yeye joy? Someone that can’t even do her job well. Shaky Shaky goalkeeper.

Chiamaka Nnadozie will definitely be superfalcon no.1 for long cause non of these girls are stepping up to even become 3rd choice talk more of backup to Nnadozie.

Drama here.. Atletico Madrid score

119” ATM (2) V (2) ROS

Rosenborg takes the lead.
ATM (1) V (2) ROS

Tough one here for Atletico Madrid. Rosenborg equalized in the dying minutes..

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