National Teams
Paris 2024: Canada confirms close door friendly with Super Falcons
By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde
Canada women’s national team have confirmed their friendly match with their Nigerian counterparts.
Both sides will face off in their final test match ahead of the women’s football event of Paris 2024 Olympics.
The Olympic champions prepared for this match with a 2-1 win against 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup co-host, Australia last weekend.
“A final test before the Olympics👇
We’ll be taking on Nigeria 🇳🇬 in a closed-doors training match on July 17th before heading to France,” Canada WNT posted on their X handle.
The encounter will be played behind closed doors as a training and tactical match.
The last encounter between both sides ended in a 0-0 draw at the group stage of 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup as goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie saved Christine Sinclair’s penalty.
After the match, the Super Falcons will fly into France on Thursday, 18th July – exactly a week to their tournament opening match against illustrious opponents Brazil at the Stade Bordeaux.
Their two other games in the group phase, against Spain and Japan in that order, will take place at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes.
Canada on the other hand will face Colombia, host France, and New Zealand in Group C in their bid to defend the gold medal won at Tokyo 2020.
