“Women’s football in Africa has gotten better but we are still Nigeria” – Onome Ebi upbeat ahead of AWCON – National

Tremendous Falcons captain Onome Ebi stays optimistic about Nigeria’s possibilities of capturing a twelfth title on the 2022 Africa Girls Cup of Nations which begins subsequent month in Morocco.

Nigeria are in Group D alongside South Africa, Botswana and Burundi. On July 4, they may kick off their marketing campaign in opposition to South Africa’s Banyana Banyana on the Stade Moulay Hassan in Rabat.

Ebi expects a tricky problem in Morocco, however the veteran defender is adamant that the Falcons goal to retain the ladies’s title and qualify for the 2023 FIFA Girls’s World Cup.

“We’re conscious of the extraordinary competitors that’s going to play on the market in Morocco. We now have no illusions,” the 39-year-old mentioned.

“Girls’s soccer has continued to develop in a number of different African nations, sooner than anybody can think about. So, there might be nothing like under-rating any group. All of the groups might be upbeat about their probabilities and successful tickets to the World Cup.”

CAF canceled the 2020 version of the AWCON owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. Nigeria gained the earlier one in 2018. Ebi continued:

“On our half, as defending champions, we all know our strengths. We all know what we’ve got to carry to the pitch to beat. The sensible factor all the time is to take it one match at a time.

“We go up first in opposition to the Banyana, after which we’ve got to face the challenges of Botswana and Burundi. Then, the knock-out rounds. A World Cup ticket is paramount, however we additionally need to retain our trophy.”

The AWCON’s closing 4 groups will routinely qualify for the FIFA Girls’s World Cup, which might be held in Australia and New Zealand subsequent 12 months.

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