Nigeria’s Super Falcons have arrived, Casablanca, Morocco, for their final preparations ahead of the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.
INFORMATION NIGERIA reports that 22 players and team officials made the trip to Casablanca from Lisbon, Portugal on Thursday.
The delegation includes, China-based forward Folashade Ijamilusi and USA-based Asisat Oshoala.
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Recall that the eleven-time African champions played tight game to hold their Portuguese counterparts to a goalless draw in a friendly game at Lisbon’s Estádio José Gomes on Monday evening.
READ MORE: International Friendly: Super Falcons, Portugal Settle For Goalless Draw
Goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, defender Shukurat Oladipo and veteran forward Francisca Ordega each had a game to remember.
Nigeria’s first match of the 13th Africa Cup of Nations finals will be against Tunisia’s senior women national team at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on Sunday, 6th July, before other games against Botswana and Algeria in the group phase.
The Super Falcons have never failed to reach the last four at the Women Africa Cup of Nations, since it was launched as the African Women Championship in 1998. Winners in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2018, the Falcons made the last four in 2008, 2012 and 2022.
