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lovewins:
Vicky Lopez is getting some attention from the Nigerian Media and rightly so. I think it's time for an invitation to be extended to her. We shouldn't wait for her to get an offer too good to refuse from the Spanish federation

NFF please invite this girl. Just picture her in midfield with Ucheibe and Tony Payne. That midfield will be awesome

lovewins:
Imuran in my opinion has made a serious case for LB position. Until someone else proves otherwise, she should be considered first for that role moving forward.

When I watched her at the U20 world cup, I knew she was gifted. We also need to see more of Onyene-Zidane according to Supernerd

fabyom:
What a goallllll!!! Superb Kanuuuuu! Falcons equalizeeee@!

Game ended 2-1 to the USA but we lost gallantly. But Randy must go after NFF elections on 30th September. We are tired of his poor technicality. Next friendly for Falcons is in October with Japan.

Samueltemi337:
1 nill already

Please which TV station is airing the match

On the African scene;
Super Eagles nightmare is Ghana
Super Falcons nightmare is South Africa

Was Harmony Achifula’s Exclusion From Flamingos Squad Deliberate?
imotrumpeta.com

Harmony Achifula is a name conspicuously absent from the recent list of 35 players released by coach Bankole to fight for places in the final squad to Under-17 women’s world cup in India in October.

To say she took the Women’s Nationwide league (Nigeria’s female division 3 league) by storm will be a huge understatement; Harmony Achifula, 16 years old, flooded football pitches with breath-taking goals and all round resplendent center forward play in her division and her best is definitely yet to come.

Her pristine and polished performances in her league and low level cup competitions won rave reviews from the following media houses and online platforms: Punch Newspaper, Imo Trumpeta, Sports 247 NG, Remotv.com to mention a few.

Many pundits are already referring to her as the next Asisat Oshoala. But personally, I think they are getting carried away. Performances in division three football aren’t enough for me to make such a bold statement but I think the young lady has a huge, tantalizing future in front of her if her career trajectory and her own decisions and applications continue to navigate her productivity in the right direction.

For the moment, the teen sensation emphatically powered her club, Imo Striker Queens, to the NWFL Championship (the second tier of women’s league) this year, scoring a jaw dropping 10 goals in four games in the Nationwide league in Benin City.

Aside from emerging as top scorer in the promotion competition, she was also voted as the unanimous Most Valuable Player due to the maturity with which she approached her game and the class, quality, beauty and finesse she brought to bear, all of which suggested she would embrace higher level football with consummate ease.

The quality of her output also earned Achifula a cash grant of N200,000 as grants from LIS (Ladies In Sports Organisers).

So, why was Achifula excluded from coach Bankole’s recently released U-17 women’s list for October’s cadet women’s world cup in India?

Nigeria is blessed with many untapped resources in women’s football; Harmony Achifula is just one of them and one of many left out in this U-17 squad.

Also, as much as I wouldn’t want to diminish the level of league where Achifula recently thrived – she is just 16 years old – but her achievements would have been more difficult for Bankole to ignore had it been in the NWFL (division 2).

So, now that Harmony Achifula has gained promotion to the NWFL, it will be nothing short of criminal if she isn’t included in the Falconets squad for next year’s qualifiers for the 2024 Under-20 women’s world cup (provided she is fit and firing on all scoring cylinders).

But what is undeniable is that Harmony’s recent achievements and the league she accomplished these laudable outputs arguably came too early for national team handlers particularly as there are copious talents to pick from across the country and in diaspora.

But, with hard work, dedication, focus, commitment, proper guidance and good decision making, Harmony Achifula may well be the next Mercy Idoko, Flourish Sabastine or Esther Onyenezide.

It is way too early and much too premature for me to even attempt to compare her with the humongous Asisat Oshoala at this stage, Harmony has a long, long way to go yet (and many people to convince and many obstacles to overcome) to even attain the level of the recent U-20 Falconets strikers.

Meanwhile, three (3) members of Heartland Queens Football Club of Owerri were invited to participate in the ongoing preparations towards the Under 17 female world cup scheduled to hold in India come October 2022.

The players who will train alongside 32 others are, Onyechere Uchechi ( Goal keeper ) , Ekezie Dikachi ( Defender ) and Lucky Mary ( Attacker )

Recall that the three players actively participated in the last National Women Football League ( NWFL ) That earned the Heartland Queens Football Club a well deserved promotion to the premiership .

In a Press Statement released to Sports Journalists by the Head Coach Mr Bankole Olowokere , he stated that quality players drawn from various club sides have been formally invited to put on Nigeria’s National Colours at the forthcoming Under 17 global female football fiesta to be hosted by India in the last quarter of year 2022 .

Under the Captainship of Alvin Dah– Zossu ( first choice goalkeeper) , other invited players are; Faith Omilano , miracle Usani , Blessing Sunday , Comfort Folorunsho Tumuninu Adeshina as goal keepers .

Blessing Emmanuel and Taiwo Afolabi as Midfielders while forward liners Opeyemi Ajakaiye and Aminat Bello are also amongst those invited to report with their training kits at the Serob Legacy Hotel Abuja latest 30th August , 2022 without fail, their International Passport and medical certification are inclusive .

In their qualifying matches, the Flamingos subdued their opponents from DR. Congo, Egypt and Ethiopia and won five out of six soccer encounters .

Deltamani:
SUPER FALCONS FOR FRIENDLIES WITH USA:

Goalkeepers:
Chiamaka Nnadozie (Paris FC, France);
Christy Ohiaeriaku (Edo Queens)

Defenders:
Nicole Payne (USC Women Soccer USA);
Glory Ogbonna (ALG Spor, Turkey);
Osinachi Ohale (Deportivo Alaves, Spain);
Michelle Alozie (Houston Dash, USA);
Akudo Ogbonna (Edo Queens);
Oluwatosin Demehin (Rivers Angels)
Rofiat Imuran (Rivers Angels)

Midfielders:
Jennifer Echegini (Florida State University, USA);
Christy Ucheibe (SL Benfica, Portugal);
Toni Payne (Sevilla FC, Spain);
Amanda Mbadi Uju (Atasehir Belediyespor, Turkey);
Deborah Abiodun (Rivers Angels)
Esther Onyenezide (FC Robo Queens)

Forwards:
Rasheedat Ajibade (Atletico Madrid, Spain);;
Uchenna Kanu (Tigres Femenil, Mexico);
Vivian Ikechukwu (WFC Gintra, Lithuania);
Ifeoma Onumonu (NY/NJ Gotham FC, USA);
Gift Monday (Bayelsa Queens);

No uncle Rita Wow...
I thought Gift Monday is with Bayelsa Queens at the WAFU B cup?

Deltamani:
FIFA U-20 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP

Matchday 3, Group D:
USA 1-3 JAPAN
⚽0 - 1 55' M. Matsukubo(�️ Y. Yamamoto)
⚽0 - 2 67' S. Koyama(�️ A. Fujino)
⚽1 - 2 70' S. Jackson (�️ A. Thompson)
⚽1 - 3 84' H. Tabata(�️ I. Nagae)

NETHERLANDS 4-1 GHANA
⚽1 - 0 28' L. Rijsbergen
⚽2 - 0 51' Z. Henry
⚽2 - 1 53' D. Boaduwaa (�️ M. Abdulai)
⚽3 - 1 65' L. Rijsbergen (�️ K. Everaerts)
⚽4 - 1 84' M. Auée (PK)



JPN 9pts +5
NED 6pts +5
USA 3pts -2
GHA 0pts -8

#FIFAU20WWC
#USAJPN

How are the mighty falling

That our defense is tight. You see Imuran, Demehin, Oshobukola and Alani- We should quickly move them to the falcons.
Esther Onyenezide
Flourish Sebastian

I doff my hat for you girls

God bless the Falconets

Germany has suffered their first defeat in Costa Rica 2022 0-1 to Colombia.

Let's go Falconets

Deltamani:
The quality of play wasn’t up to what i expected, the Superfalcons have a chance, We have got Pace, Power, individual brilliance, Athleticism as a whole, I just hope the Coaches play their own part well..

Please apart from Flourish Sebastian and Oluwatosin Demehin, who are the stand out players (players to watch out for) in this Falconets' team

lovewins:
Ademola Lookman to Atlanta done

I hope Atalanta will not deprive him of AFCON as Napoli is doing to Africans

What of our U20 Falconets? No news of whether they have left for Costa Rica? What's NFF up to? The U20 FIFA women world cup starts this week.

Deltamani:
Full Time

France 4:0 Ghana

The Black Princesses lose their friendly match as they prepare towards the U20 Womens World Cup

And we are meeting France in our first game. May God help us ooo

Schemerkhiz:
While the WAFCON finals is on going in Morocco, an integral member of the Super Falcons said if the Super Falcons are to do anything meaningful at the world Cup then Randy must be sacked, she also made it clear that Super Falcons in the next 2 years under Randy Waldrum's leadership will be the worse team in Africa.

"Super Falcons in the next 2 years under Randy leadership will be the worse team in Africa, The NFF are so comfortable with Randy, that man is here to destroy this team, we don’t learn anything from training, what ever show we put up on the field is because we’re good individually and we understand the task "

The Falcon also echoed the thoughts of many Nigerians that the American college coach has added nothing to the most successful team in women's football in Africa.
"We have very good players (individually) but no coach to make us a better team" .
The Falcon told me in an exclusive chat. Una say wahala be like wetin again ?

Wahala wear rain coat ooo. Pinnick has killed Nigerian football. Bring back our Florence Omagbemi or Eucharia Uche

So our senior teams did not win anything this year except for world cup qualification for falcons. NFF must invest in age grade football. They are the ones impressing.

Next month, the U20 FIFA women world cup kicks off and there are reports that the NFF has abandoned the Falconets in Abuja that they are stranded, trekking from their hotel to their training pitch at Abuja because no fuel for the team bus to run while Pinnick, Mohammed Sanusi and co are catching cruise in Morocco. So pathetic!

The Falconets face France on August 12 in Costa Rica and no quality friendly match on ground.

We were never ready for this competition. We only got into the game when we lost to South Africa. So without Ajibade, Oshoala, Ayinde no creativity. Randy must go

If we survive this game, we thank God.

hatakekakashi:
You stay at Lagos?

No sir

daveP:
Okobi is Captain tonight. I think she fits

I would have preferred Ashleigh

Deltamani:
Our line up Vs. #TeamZambia 

#NGAZAM

This lineup is OK for me guys. We can roost the Shipolopo in the first half sef. Good luck to the team. Hope to see Nicole Payne, Peace Efih and Yewande Balogun come in the second half

Make una help me beg NEPA to bring back our light ooo

COOL10:
Does anyone else find it weird that the CAF president before handing the award over to Oshoala, asked to confirm if all the three nominees were from West Africa?

I don't trust that man.

My brother. I was shocked as you were. For him to call the Cameroonian and Zambian nominees as West Africans. Africa has a long way to go sha.

Danycrusoe:
The Women's CAF Champions League winner this year will get $400,000 while the runner-up will get $200,000, CAF President Patrice Motsepe announced in Rabat on Friday

@TheNWFL champions, Bayelsa Queens will compete in the zonal tournament in Cote d'Ivoire in September.

The zonal tournament is the qualifying series before the main tournament in Morocco.

Bayelsa Queens as Nigeria representative will compete in the WAFU B competition in Abidjan.

The winner of the Women's CAF Champions League (WAFU B) will join other clubs from other regions.

How about 3rd place? How much will they get?

Please someone should correct me if I'm wrong but I think Tochi Oluehi is good at penalties than Chiamaka Nnadozie.

ceejayMAX:

Onumonu cheer up. You were gallant on Monday night. Stop being sad. We love you!

daveP:
Supersport Studio crew mocking us and Nnadozie. Smh. Smh

Supersports has been so annoying, biased and sentimental in this championship. They made it clear that they didn't want Nigeria to reach the final especially that South African former captain. They shouldn't worry, Morocco will roast them in the final. Africa has a long way to go!

TheSuperNerd:
And the plan worked out albeit not without our 9 amazons fighting till the end.

2 red cards, several calls in your favour, yellow instead of red for similar red card incidents, level field properly levelled for you and your shameless lionesses yet you couldn't win in regulation time or extra time.

It is rather an Onumonu miss that sees you through.

Thanks so much for putting our girls through hell. The way this Semis went actually showed there was no need for the game at all. The script was already written.


Well done Falcons. We move.

Nerdie... You've said it all. The ref followed the script she was given and acted it well. We were robbed tonight. Kudos to the Super Falcons. We are all proud of them

I beg the Falcons and coach Randy. We must not hatch our eggs before they are born. I know everyone is envisaging a Nigeria/Morocco semi final but let's first finish the business of Cameroon tomorrow. We must first qualify for next year's women world cup before we face the semis. PLEASE!
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olapluto:
If Botswana beat SA 1-0, we will top the group. This is quite possible actually

Nigerians and calculators again. Falcons, why do you girls make us do this?

BascoVanVeli:
Is there any info as to why Plumptre didn't dress out?

NFF claimed she was injured

Wait a minute guys!

Burkina Faso and Uganda played a 2-2 draw and so have knocked off themselves from the knock out stages. It means that Group B and C will determine the teams to join Morocco, Senegal and South Africa in the next stage