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lakesidepapa:
slow but a good finisher, who do you suggest then?

I rather have Oparanozie till another Younger 9 comes up

CoolJulian:
Oparanozie has been disappointing too, she's the slowest of all the attackers, but she brings some great 'set piece' skills.

Oparanozie win long balls(aerial), receive passes and retain possession of the ball with her back to goal as teammates advance up the field better than Asisat Oshoala even at her low form talkless of now that she's inform., Asisat can't provide the kind of depth Oparanozie brings to the team upfront (No.9)..


Oshoala need to drop her Big girl game too and play the way she was known for..

isan:
The midfielders can't get the ball to her she had drop deep and wide on many occasions she also did a lot pressing today and provide the assist for the goal

Yes but Desire Oparanozie playing the no.9 isn't thesame as Oshoala Playing it.. There's a Big different

We need a No.9 not Asisat Oshoala

labas370:
i just finished rewatching the Equatorial.Guinea vs Uzbekistan match. I noticed that the Eq. Guinea team were initially dull, not agile and very slow to react, maybe due to lack of football activities. Although they got an early red card within 2 mins. The uzbekistans are not even upto par with the SF and im just wondering how and why the Eq.G allowed them to ship in morethan 4 goals within 35mins and i can't really blame them. i don't know why africa is filled with stupid leaders. Not to sound like a sexist, but there ought to be some strict laws in place to balance equality between the male teams and the female teams. Many african countries always focus on their male teams and neglect their female teams eg. nigeria, Eq.G,. I remember well enough during perpetual nkwocha's time, Eq.G and the Bayana Bayana were the dreadful teams the S.F always find difficulty to beat. I would have said that i don't know what happened to the strong Eq.G team but i know. It's corruption. There should be a law mandating all the national teams to have active male and female leagues and not just only the male league. Any country that fails to setup something like that should be suspended from all CAF tournaments.
Next, CAF should start women champions league. Africans need to formulate strategies that will work well for our development. I still don't understand why more priorities are giving to the nigerian male teams while the female team are just given the i don't care treatment. Super Falcons can't throwaway a 4-0 lead against a low ranked african team at home. I can't see that happening even in the next 20 years.

I'm just boiling after rewatching this Eq.G vs Uzb match. south Africa will trash this Uzb, team likewise Cameroon. I can't say much of ghana, CIV, mali and zambia. I just pray and hope that they SF trash this Uzb team with a min. of 8-0 so that i can't feel happy

The Uzbekistan I watched that day isn't supposed to get even a single goal against the falcons, they should be well beaten by the Superfalcons with at least 5goals to nil, that's if we play well and take our chances

sanpipita:
Caf are starting women's champions league soon think this year

As for Equatorial Guinea, they were basically poaching and naturalizing foreign players, they never developed local talents or had a good league it was going to cost them at some point, they took a short and expensive route to women's football

Real Point, Benefiting from Nigerian, Cameroonian Players, especially Brazil who supplied them with like 40% of the Players then.

Na now them wan start to da Build..

BascoVanVeli:
That and the Ordega to atletico move are very strange. U would have thought they would have stayed longer

Fransisca Ordega move to Atletico de Madrid Femenino was on Loan.. the season in America then was over that's why she moved there to continue playing. same with her loan move to Sydney FC

CoolJulian:
Sentiments aside, if Okobi keeps playing the way she's been playing lately, Payne will displace her easily. You must also take into account that this just Payne's first game for the team.

You didn't watch the game so please go ahead and watch the game first before further comments. You don't throw Comments just because everyone is complementing Payne..

PDPGuy:
Will the likes of Ordega, Oshoala, Oparanozie, Okobi ever play at the Olympics?

It’s frankly unthinkable that they have missed the last THREE Olympic Games (including this year’s edition)

They will definitely play the next one which is 2024, By then they will be within 30-31yrs

Onome Ebi, Tochukwu Oluehi, Rita Chikwelu are currently the only Players in the team to have played at the Olympic..

Did you guys see how Rita Chikwelu was able to hold the Midfield Defensive duties well??

solonnachi:
Ngozi Okobi should be careful. Payne is ready to steal her shirt

Hahaha, Okobi the Best Attacking Midfielder as far as Africa Women Football is concerned, to me if she returns to the team, Tony Payne might move to her usual position which is the Right Wing... Okobi knows our forwards better and how to serve them with the ball. With a better Coach again she would even do more better

isan:
Toni Payne dribbled a lot and her final ball is very lacking , oshoala just didnt try today at all

I wished Okobi was fully fit... Even her Club friendly game last weekend she didn't play, she's just recovering from the Surgery she had last year December

PDPGuy:
Ordega has been the woman of the match so far

Ordega is a true baller, She was just terrifying the Russian side with her pace and moves...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGq18yxbD3c

Watch the Superfalcons match against CSKA Moscow WFC here

Superfalcons Line up against CSKA Moscow WFC, Russia

25Min. E/Guinea (0)-(3) Uzbekistan

Link to Watch E/Guinea Vs Uzbekistan


https://www.facebook.com/UzbekistanFA/videos/915247255952721/?flite=scwspnss

My Girls, Tony Payne and Patricia George

JorgedeToledo:
@Schemerkhiz, do you know how one can watch the games live on TV or through the internet?

There would be a Streaming Link and also through the Evima sport YouTube channel, so let's wait for it..

Superfalcons Media Officer have also promised to drop the streaming link..

Superfalcons

TIME FOR WORK!

Our head coach @CoachWaldrum discharging his duties in our first training session (indoors) after his familiarisation meet with the ladies here in Antalya ahead of our participation in the Turkish Cup.

Keep up with our match schedule at the Turkish Cup:

Thursday: 18/02/21
vs CSKA Moscow
⏰ 8.30am

Saturday: 20/02/21
vs Uzbekistan
⏰ 5:00pm

Tuesday: 23/02/21
vs Equatorial Guinea
⏰ 9:00am

(All times in WAT)

Well kitted Super Falcons players ( Onome Ebi and Christy Ohiaeriaku) , A commendable fact is that Nike made it specially for the women's team as they showed off the super Falcons boldly written in the arm stripes.

TheSuperNerd:
This is nonsense. While Desire is still being ignored??

They could just call up lasses from the NWFL rather than going to Turkey.

Considering expenses, Ramat is there in Turkey.
An Attacking Midfielder

By the Chiamaka Nnadozie is also out of the tournament, Tochukwu Oluehi is a bit Rusty not having game time at her Club..

Christy Ohaeriaku has been Edo Queens first choice goalkeeper this Season..
I would have loved to see Onyinyechukwu Okeke among the goalkeepers, very tall goalie

Congratulations Asisat Oshoala

Turkish based Ramat

TheSuperNerd:
Would love to see who Randy calls up this time as replacements. Would he now turn to Oparanozie after the initial snub? Hmmmm...

Randy Waldrum isn't the one who Snubbed Desire Oparanozie, NFF did

Four pull out of Nigeria's Turkish Women's Cup squad as CSKA Moscow replace Zambia


Some players will not be able to represent the country at the women's competition after withdrawing for varying reasons

Four players have pulled out of Nigeria's 23-woman squad for the 2021 Turkish Women's Cup in Alanya, Goal can exclusively report. 

The affected players are Atletico Madrid striker Rasheedat Ajibade, Paris FC goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, SL Benfica midfielder Christy Ucheibe and Eskilstuna United midfielder Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene.

The unfortunate development is coming 48 hours after the Nigeria Football Federation released their team's roster on Thursday.

On reasons for pulling out, Goal understands Ajibade and Ucheibe's withdrawal are due to administrative reasons, while Okobi-Okeoghene and Nnadozie were exempted on health grounds. 

The setback has left coach Randy Waldrum racing against time to find replacements, with his initial 23-woman list now reduced to 19.

As it stands, coach Waldrum will be hoping for a last-minute replacements, considerably foreign-based to fill the void left by the four players in the squad.

Meanwhile, CSKA Moscow will take the place of Zambia in Group A following the African nation's withdrawal from the event on Tuesday.

The development means the Super Falcons will now face the Russian champions on February 18, before taking on Ubezkistan on February 20 and Equatorial Guinea three days later in Alanya.

The Nigeria-based contingents are scheduled to depart the country on Sunday and expected to arrive in Turkey on Monday, February 15. 

Waldrum will meet with the team for the first time since his engagement last October and will hope for a title-winning start in charge of the African champions in Turkey.

Ex-captain Desire Oparanozie 'still has Nigeria future'

By Oluwashina Okeleji

Nigeria's Desire Oparanozie waves to the crowd after a game at 2019 Women's World Cup

Despite being omitted from a 23-player squad for the Turkish Women's Cup, former captain Desire Oparanozie is still part of the Super Falcons plans, according to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

The France-based striker, 27, has been overlooked by the African Champions' following a sit-in protest over unpaid bonuses and allowances at the 2019 World Cup in France.

Oparanozie said she was not surprised by her omission from new coach Randy Waldrum's maiden squad hinting that it was because of the protest.

But the NFF's director of communications Ademola Olajire has quickly played down talk of a rift between the Dijon striker and the football authority.

"Oparanozie is still part of the team's plans and her non-inclusion has nothing to do with that protest in France because she was not the only one involved," Olajire told BBC Sport Africa.

"Selection of players is predominantly the prerogative of the coaches and not the NFF.

"She remains an important member of the women's national side. I think she will just have to keep working on her game and, if she gets the opportunity, then push for a consistent selection."

Oparanozie had publicly defended her stance in France that the NFF should include players left out of the World Cup party as they look to pay players money owed from previous international fixtures over several years.

"I did what I felt was right. Even if that's the only thing I did, I'm very happy." she said in July.

Meanwhile, the squad announced by the NFF includes reigning African footballer of the year Asisat Oshoala, veteran defender Onome Ebi, former USA youth international Toni Payne and US-born Patricia George.

The continent's most successful national side with nine African titles will depart Nigeria on 15 February for the fifth edition of the Turkish Cup tournament.

Nigeria will face Uzbekistan in their opening game before facing fellow Africans Equatorial Guinea at the tournament, they had also been due to take on Zambia, who have now withdrawn from the event..

solonnachi:
The defense is very few. Just 5 players?
Also Oparanozie is missing. Love the Tony Payne and Patricia George additions and those from our local league

There are 6 Defenders there,
Patricia George is Versatile plays Fullback, Wingback, and as Winger on either side of the pitch..

Female Footballer Dumps USA and Venezuela For Nigeria
By OlamideSundayOyetunji

View pictures in App save up to 80% data.Super Falcons of Nigeria will be back to action in 2021 after absence of close to two years which has seen the girls inactive in national colours.

Newly appointed Nigerian female national team gaffer Randy Waldrum has invited 23 professional footballers for the upcoming Alanya Gold City Cup scheduled for Turkey.

In the team list released on Thursday afternoon, Asisat Oshoala, Francisca Ordega, Ngozi Okobi, Rasheedat Ajibade and Halimatu Ayinde are some the usual suspects that made the squad.

Patricia George of Sands FC in Germany is the latest recruit to be coronated with the green and white colours of Nigeria even with her numerous nationality.

Raised in an athletic family, 23-year old American-born versatile Patricia George always dreamt of playing football international football but it seems she has finally made her discussion.

Her father Phillips is a Nigerian who moved to the US on an athletic scholarship. Her paternal grandfather was from Onitsha while her grandmother is from Rivers State Nigeria.
Her mother is a former Venezuelan 400 m athlete, Florencia Chilberry. George's parents were both scholarship track and field athletes at Wichita State.

She is also a younger sister to Nigerian sprinter Regina George as she couldn't hide her feelings courtesy of her social media page.

"So Excited to say that I’ve been Invited to Play with the Senior Women’s Nigerian National Soccer Team! I Can’t explain how Happy and Excited I am!!"

The tournament is expected to take place between 15th to 24th of February with Equatorial Guinea, India, Ukraine and Serbia also participating.

We're still waiting for that Player who will lay claim to Superfalcons Legendary Stella Mbachu's No. 7 jersey

Antionette Oyedupe Payne born April 22, 1995 (age 25) boasts great speed, skill, excellent delivery and athleticism
Is Tony Payne audacious and talented enough? Let's watch and see!.
Need Your Opinion.

Welcome to the Superfalcons 23yrs old Strong Center Back Habeebat Akinwande, the former Obilic FC of Serbia Defender is set to reunite with her Childhood friend Asisat Oshoala