FIFA Women’s World Cup: Waldrum Says Super Falcons Can Emulate Class Of ‘99

Tremendous Falcons Head Coach, Randy Waldrum has reiterated the arrogance he has within the current Tremendous Falcons as they gear up for the 2023 FIFA Ladies’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

The Tremendous Falcons received a spot within the mundial after defeating Cameroon’s Lionesses within the quarter finals of the twelfth Ladies Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco final summer season, with Rasheedat Ajibade scoring the essential purpose to earn a semi-final spot and the ticket to Australia/New Zealand. It meant the Falcons have made by way of to all editions of the FIFA Ladies’s World Cup – a report shared with solely six different groups globally.

In a chat with thenff.com, Waldrum mentioned he believes that the current crop of Tremendous Falcons is able to emulating the 1999 set, and match their predecessors’ feat of a quarter-final place on the world finals.

The Class of 1999 led by Florence Omagbemi defeated North Korea 2-1 on the Rose Bowl in Pasadena with objectives from Mercy Akide and Rita Nwadike, earlier than shedding 1-7 to the USA regardless of taking a second-minute lead by way of Nkiru Okosieme.

Defeat to the Individuals in Chicago stirred one thing in Africa’s lone flag-bearer on the first FIFA Ladies’s World Cup to characteristic 16 groups.

Of their subsequent match, the Tremendous Falcons flew previous Denmark 2-0 on the Jack Kent Cooke Stadium close to Washington DC, the objectives coming from Mercy Akide and Nkiru Okosieme.

Within the quarter finals, on the similar venue, the Nigerian ladies stormed again from three objectives right down to Brazil within the first half to tie the sport 3-3, with Prisca Emeafu, Nkiru Okosieme and Nkechi Egbe the scorers, earlier than Brazil received in extra-time, in what was the very first time a girls’s aggressive sport was determined by the golden purpose. This was after 104 minutes.

“I’m assured and practical about this. Now we have an abundance of skills within the squad and I’m satisfied they’ll go that far. This specific staff may be very gifted and has the identical capacity to go far within the event, similar to the Class of 1999.

“To have the ability to obtain this and much more, we have to have all gamers in match situation, wholesome and most significantly have sufficient time collectively. If now we have sufficient time collectively, now we have the power to achieve success on the World Cup,” Waldrum mentioned.

The Tremendous Falcons have been drawn alongside Olympic champions Canada, co-hosts Australia and Republic of Eire in Group B of the ninth FIFA Ladies’s World Cup finals, and can play all their group part matches in Australia – one in Melbourne and two in Brisbane.

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