WAFCON 2023: “WE ARE ON A TWIN WIN TARGET TITLE DEFENSE AND FEMALE WORLD CUP QUALIFIER” – SUPER FALCON CAPTAIN

Tremendous Falcons’ captain, Onome Ebi has declared that the nine-time African champions are absolutely centered on the dual targets of successful a ticket to the 2023 FIFA Girls’s World Cup finals and retaining their Girls Africa Cup of Nations title in Morocco subsequent month.

Cup holders Nigeria and 11 different international locations will contend for the coveted Girls AFCON trophy within the North African kingdom between 2nd – twenty third July, and all 4 semi-finalists are assured berths within the 2023 FIFA Girls’s World Cup – the most important ever within the historical past of the ladies’s recreation that can be staged in Australia and New Zealand a 12 months on.

“We’re conscious of the extraordinary competitors that’s going to play on the market in Morocco. We’ve no illusions. Girls’s soccer has continued to develop in a number of different African nations, quicker than anybody can think about. So, there can be nothing like under-rating any crew. All of the groups can be upbeat about their probabilities and successful tickets to the World Cup.

“On our half, as defending champions, we all know our strengths. We all know what we’ve to carry to the pitch to overcome. The smart factor all the time is to take it one match at a time. We go up first towards the Banyana, after which we’ve to face the challenges of Botswana and Burundi. Then, the knock-out rounds. World Cup ticket is paramount, however we additionally wish to retain our trophy.”

Nigeria have received 9 of the 11 championships contested to this point, performed each different 12 months since 1998, save for the 2020 version that was obliterated by the coronavirus pandemic.

Ebi, who has performed in 5 FIFA World Cup finals for the reason that fourth finals in the US of America in 2003, was amongst 19 early arrivals because the coaching camp commenced in Abuja on Thursday.

The 19 early birds have now been joined by 4 others, and 4 extra are anticipated because the crew prepares to depart the nation subsequent weekend for Morocco