Super Falcons Were Not Stronger Than My Team, Cameroon’s Coach, Zabo Boasts Despite Defeat – National

Head Coach of the Indomitable Lioness of Cameroon, Gabriel Zabo insisted that Nigeria’s Tremendous Falcons weren’t higher than his staff regardless of being knocked out of the continuing Girls’s African Cup of Nations by the nine-time African champions on Thursday.

The 2 best-ranked groups in Africa locked horns with one another within the third match of quarterfinal of the 2022 WAFCON in Casablanca yesterday’s night time, but it surely was Tremendous Falcons that got here out victorious as soon as extra due to a 56 minute header by Rasheedat Ajibade to ship Nigeria via to the final eight of the match.

With the victory additionally, Tremendous Falcons secured an computerized qualification to the 2023 FIFA Girls’s World Cup, billed to carry in Australia and New Zealand subsequent 12 months, which is able to mark their ninth look in 9 editions of the ladies’s soccer greatest showpiece.

And talking on the final yesterday, Zabo acknowledged that Nigeria weren’t stronger than his groups, that Tremendous Falcons solely received due to their expertise.

He additionally made it identified that hope of securing a World Cup ticket shouldn’t be over.

“The sport was received on positive particulars. They weren’t stronger than us, however they used the expertise they’ve within the huge competitions,”Zabo was quoted by CAFonline.
“And on this sport, in the case of using their expertise, they’re unbeatable.”

“It’s not throughout, we nonetheless have an opportunity to qualify for the World Cup this Sunday. My gamers confirmed by their degree of play tonight that they have been joyful to be globalists,” stated Zabo.

Tremendous Falcons will face their counterparts from Morocco, the host nation on Monday in a semifinal conflict on the Moulay Abdellah Sports activities Complicated whereas Cameroon will slug it out in opposition to Botswana to the only Africa ticket for the intercontinental playoff.

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