Rasheedat Ajibade Lauds Her Teammates, Insists Super Falcons Remains The Best Team – National

Rasheedat Ajibade has reacted positively within the aftermath of Nigeria’s elimination from the 2022 Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations towards Morocco on Monday evening.

The Tremendous Falcons bowed out 5-4 on penalties to the Lionesses of Atlas within the semi-finals of the event after a 1-1 attract regulation time plus a further thirty minutes of additional time.

Ajibade was despatched off within the seventieth after she acquired her second yellow card of the sport. Her dismissal was the second for Randy Waldrum’s aspect on the evening, which got here after Halimatu Ayinde was given her marching orders a couple of minutes into the second half.

Nigeria held on with 9 gamers however fell wanting defending their WAFCON title in a penalty shoot-out. Ifeoma Onumonu was the one participant to overlook from the spot because the Tremendous Falcons fell 5-4.

Ajibade has praised her teammates for his or her collective efforts and in addition labeled the crew as the very best. The Atlético Madrid Femeníno ahead tweeted:

“Phrases ain’t sufficient to explain the fervour, resilience, tenacity of this Tremendous Falcons crew, we stay the very best. Tremendous happy with you all.”

Nigeria will play the Copper Queens of Zambia within the third-place playoff on Friday, July twenty second. Morocco will battle South Africa’s Banyana Banyana within the remaining a day later.

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