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TheSuperNerd:
Oparanozie missing and that's quite a surprise.

I'm still in Surprise too,

Waldrum invites Ucheibe, George, Payne, 20 others for Turkish Women’s Cup
11th February 2021


Reigning African champions Nigeria will land in Antalya on Monday to participate in the fifth edition of the Turkish Women’s Cup taking place 15th – 24th February.

It is the first run-out for the Super Falcons, who reached the Round of 16 at the 8th FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in France in the summer of 2019, since being shockingly edged out of the race for the Tokyo Olympics by Cote d’Ivoire penultimate autumn.

It is also the first call of new Head Coach, American Randy Waldrum, with the squad he is expected to mould into credible competitors for honours at global level.
Ukraine, Serbia, India, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan and Equatorial Guinea are among teams confirmed so far for the 10-day tourney, though Tokyo Olympics-bound Zambia have pulled out for undisclosed reasons.

Nine-time African champions Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea’s Nzalang Nacional have been lumped into the same pool alongside Uzbekistan, with the Guineans handed an opportunity to address a 6-0 spanking by the Nigerians in the group phase of the 2018 Women Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ghana.



Also known as the Alanya Gold City Cup, the tournament ranks as one of the more notable events on the women’s football calendar worldwide.



The Falcons will aim to become the first African side to triumph at the tournament, following the third pplace finish by Ghana’s Black Queens last year. Chile won the trophy with Hungary as runner-up.



Poland (2017) and France (2018 and 2019) are the other previous winners of the Alanya Gold City Cup.





Nigeria’s Head Coach Waldrum has invited 23 players, mostly from the group that reached the Round of 16 at the World Cup in France, including goalkeepers Tochukwu Oluehi and Chiamaka Nnadozie, defenders Onome Ebi and Chidinma Okeke, midfielders Rita Chikwelu, Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene and Halimatu Ayinde, and forwards Gift Monday, Rasheedat Ajibade and Asisat Oshoala.



23 FALCONS FOR ALANYA GOLD CITY CUP



Goalkeepers: Tochukwu Oluehi (C.D. Pozoalbense, Spain); Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC, France); Christy Ohiaeriaku (Edo Queens)



Defenders: Onome Ebi; Glory Ogbonna (Edo Queens); Osinachi Ohale (Madrid CFF, Spain); Mariam Ibrahim (Nasarawa Amazons); Chidinma Okeke (Madrid CFF, Spain); Habeebat Akinwande (FC Robo)




Midfielders: Rita Chikwelu (Madrid CFF, Spain); Esther Sunday (ALG SPOR, Turkey); Ngozi Okobi-Okeoghene (Eskilstuna, Sweden); Antoinette Payne (Sevilla FC, Spain); Halimatu Ayinde (Eskilstuna, Sweden); Christy Ucheibe (SL Benfica, Portugal); Patricia George (Sands FC, Germany)



Forwards: Asisat Oshoala (FC Barcelona, Spain); Uchenna Kanu (Linkopings, Sweden); Rasheedat Ajibade (Atletico Madrid, Spain); Francisca Ordega; Chinwendu Ihezuo; Gift Monday (FC Robo); Charity Adule (SD Eibar, Spain)

isan:
Is the Turkish cup and the morocco friendly still a reality ? No squad list or anything released yet

YES the Turkish Cup will hold, No List from Nigeria yet, but side report have it that we would see the likes of Tony Payne in the team..

Though the official organizers of the tournament Haven't release number of Participating teams yet.. They only release details a day to the tournament..

Ukraine is the only Country to have named their Squad for the tournament..


Nigeria
Equatorial Guinea
Uzbekistan
Ukraine
Serbia
Bulgaria
India
Russia remains the possible teams for the tournament..

BascoVanVeli:
There goes a win

Which win??

BascoVanVeli:
Desire is not that lady's mate. Those people at IFFHS are clowns. Oparanozie has 4 AWCON titles and a golden boot. She has scored over 100 goals in her career including 22 in 35 for Naija. She should easily be at number 2.

Nigeria's opponents Zambia pull out of 2021 Turkish Women's Cup https://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/nigerias-opponents-zambia-pull-out-of-2021-turkish-womens/1xhlnwetx0qd913n9pjiri6z5o

BascoVanVeli:
Desire is not that lady's mate. Those people at IFFHS are clowns. Oparanozie has 4 AWCON titles and a golden boot. She has scored over 100 goals in her career including 22 in 35 for Naija. She should easily be at number 2.

For Sure Oparanozie seems to be underrated, her work rate is top notch, She have more than 22goals and 35caps for Nigeria..

BascoVanVeli:
Gabrielle of course. What has Cameroon won for her to be in that position?

Gabrielle is the Cameroon best player of the Decade, she has been consistent with her form till date but I can't really say much about the creteria IFFH'S used for this..

BascoVanVeli:
These people will get enough of disrespecting Oparanozie

Sure, At least team of the Decade Oparanozie deserves a spot but who are we to leave out from that list among the front 3??

At least Ngozi Okobi is getting the recognition she deserves, She remains the Best Attacking Midfielder as far as Africa Women Football is concerned

[quote author=TheSuperNerd post=98741175]RFI sports' Mondial Sports, France ran a little review doc on Africa's No.1 Woman's Goalie, Chiamaka Nnadozie of Paris FC, Ligue 1 feminine.

Check link below:

D’Orlu 🇳🇬 à Orly ✈️, l’ascension fulgurante de @Nnadoziechiama1 💫
La meilleure gardienne d’Afrique part à la conquête de l’Europe !

👋⚽️ @Superfalconfans @thenff @PFC_feminines pic.twitter.com/YA8kBE4NKQ

— RFI – Sports (@RFIsports) February 4, 2021

]

Christy Ucheibe Featured as SL Benfica Fem picked up a narrow win

Oshoala Named IFFHS African Women's Player of the Decade

Nigerian and Barcelona striker, Asisat Oshoala has been named in the IFFHS team of the decade. The Barcelona striker was named alongside veterans in the game. The Nigerian striker was named as the African Women's Player of the Decade

Name; Patricia del Carmen George

Born 1996-12-18(24 -yrs-old)

Country of Birth; United States of America

Nationality; Nigeria

Position; Defender, Forward

Caps; 0

Preferred foot; Both

Height; 5'8 ft

Weight; 65 kg

Current club; SC Sand, Germany

Current Season Performance so far; 7games 1goal

Today is our Legendary woman, Coach Florence Omagbemi Birthday..
Remember to wish her well

mostob:
A brief meeting before the match continues ?
Lemme guess... Okobi, Oshoala, Chikwelu and Desire.
right?

This Picture is from the 2016 AWCON Semi Final game against South Africa

BascoVanVeli:
She doesn't play enough for u guys to be having this conversation. It is a miracle that a part time starter can be number 2 in scoring. That is the real story here.

She's not a part time starter, the Coaches have their reasons for starting or bringing her from the bench, even Lieke Martens, and Hermaso, Leila, Patri and khiara sometimes comes from the Bench...

Iconic Photo

Yes she have but even at that Oshoala would have scored more than if she's been clinical enough, Jennifer Hermaso is Currently playing in her Original position as a False 9/attacking Midfielder who drops deep into midfield to creates a problem for opposing centre-backs who either follow her, leaving space behind them for onrushing Oshoala and wing mistress Graham Hansen, Mariona, Lieke Martens and Alexia to exploit in their 4-1-4-1 formation.

it gives Oshoala more room to score as the top9.

isan:
Esther has played 3 more games

isan:
Oshoala is actually very wasteful in front of goal she's very lucky Barcelona can creates tons of chances in a match

I swear,Her positioning is great but she should just work on her concentration and finishing..

She would have been the league top scorer by now had she been converting 80% of those chances..

still second with 13goals, 4goals behind Esther of Levante FC

PDPGuy:
Welcome back SuperNerd!

Thanks for the updates too. It’s good to see our players lighting up Europe.

With Waldrum in charge, I see the Super Falcons being, at least, a quarter final team at the 2023 World Cup

For Sure, we keep hoping for the best from the team but I just pray the Nigerian Assistant help matters because one of them is such a difficult person, I wished Omagbemi and Ann or Nkwocha were the Assistant..

Asisat Oshoala scored twice in FC Barcelona Femenino big #ELCLASICO win over Real Madrid


She needs to be more Clinical in Front of goal...
Also learn to pass if her teammate is in a better position to score, like the goal scored by Jenifer Hermaso, If Oshoala had passed to her earlier on it would have been a great Assist from her but she had to shoot when the angle was very tight but thanks to Hermaso who was there to kick in the rebound..

Patricia George Action Pictures against FC Basel 1893 of Switzerland during a Friendly game yesterday...

SC Sand 3-0 FC Basel

Desire Oparanozie assisted all three goals in Dijon' s hard-fought comeback victory

Oghonna Chukwudi sign for Madrid CFF currently the 4th Nigeria international in the team.

Osinachi Ohale back to Spain, unites with Rita Chikwelu and Okeke Chidinma at Madrid CFF
The Club also have 2 other NIGERIA/Spanish young stars Mabel okoye currently playing for the Madrid CFF U19 and the main team while Vicky Lopez also known as Little Messi plays for the U15 team

Chiamaka Nnadozie start in goal against Lyon..

Look who's back in Pitea, Sweden.... Veteran Faith Ikidi Michael and Young Striker Anam Imo

Asisat Oshoala scored twice as FC Barcelona Femenino cruise to a big Victory


Super Falcons forward, Asisat Oshoala scored two goals for her Spanish Primera Division Women’s side, FC Barcelona in the course of their 6-0 thrashing of Rayo Vallecano.

Asisat scored Barcelona’s third goal of the game in the 15th minute at the Estadi Johan Cruyff (Sant Joan Despí).

She scored her second and Barcelona’s fifth goal in the 59th minute.

Oshoala who recently lost her stepmother dedicated her first goal to her when she unveiled her t-shirt under her jersey.

Jenni Hermoso scored the opening goal of the game for Barcelona in the fourth minute.

Alexia Putellas doubled their lead in the 11th minute before Oshoala’s goal made it 3-0.

Alexia Putellas scored her second and Barcelona’s fourth in the 40th minute before Oshoala made it 5-0.

Mapi Leòn rounded up the goals for the host in the 73rd minute.

FC Barcelona is yet to drop any point in the league this season.

You can Watch this Shot Clips of Patricia George her 2018 Collegiate season...3yrs ago



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl9gefjaJ-0

mostob:
This girl must be a bully judging from her action pictures.

Let's wait and see her play for the Superfalcons first before we can decide between her and Ordega who's quickest..

mostob:
This girl must be a bully judging from her action pictures.

The German Frauen Bundesliga is the toughest League in Europe as far as Women Football is concerned.. Before you can cope in Germany League you must be very aggressive and Fast...

She's a Complete player, her type is rare to see in Football, Can play multiple position on the pitch, Very Physical, Uses both Feets, Skillful and Fast. Her abilities on the ball is top notch which most of our current player's lack....

just go watch her clips on YouTube to see for yourself...

mostob:
I was expecting a better move. I don't know more about her new club but when your rivals are playing in Atletico, Barca,, France and Sweden, you just have to move to a better club. Congrats to her though

She decided to terminate her contract with her Swedish Club because of her studies, she has gained admission to study for her Master's degree... She wishes to continue playing and studying at the same time, thats why she decided to Sign for Lewes FC so she can cope with both as a Professional... By the way they are in the England Women's Championship alongside Liverpool, Leicester ( 2nd Division ) not bad at all....