Burundi target victory against formidable Super Falcons

The Swallows want a victory in opposition to the Tremendous Falcons to maintain their hopes of remaining within the WAFCON alive

Burundi star Falonne Nahimana has affirmed that the Tremendous Falcons are powerful opposition, however they’d struggle as a staff to seal a spot within the subsequent spherical of the 2022 Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations.

The Tremendous Falcons play their last group recreation in opposition to Burundi on Sunday. It has been combined fortunes for each groups on the WAFCON. Whereas Nigeria have garnered three factors from their two video games, Burundi are but to get a degree.

A victory for the Swallows seems to be extraordinarily unlikely contemplating the disparity between either side. The Tremendous Falcons are gunning for a tenth title whereas Burundi are simply making their first look on the continent.

Additionally, Burundi rank 130 locations beneath the Tremendous Falcons. And the gulf in high quality would absolutely play a job.

Nonetheless, Burundi star Nahimana believes they might nonetheless trigger an upset when each groups sq. off.

“We’re going to play in opposition to a really skilled staff on the WAFCON,” Nahimana informed Cafonline.

“We need to go into this recreation(vs Nigeria) to right our previous errors within the two video games that we have now performed thus far and we hope to do nicely,”

“Tomorrow’s match is the match of my desires to play in opposition to an ideal staff like Nigeria is a good alternative. For us as gamers, we have to go and struggle as a staff and do it with respect for our nation.”

The Swallows sit backside of Group C. However they might nonetheless qualify for the following spherical in the event that they get an unprecedented victory in opposition to Nigeria and South Africa beat Botswana. Nevertheless, Burundi would want to win by a three-goal margin and hope that Botswana get thrashed.