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Evelyn Ijeh: Super Falcons invite set to dump Nigeria after Sweden call-up
By Monsurah Olatunji
Nigeria women’s national team invite Evelyn Ijeh has been called up to the Sweden senior women national team to be part of the team’s training trip to Portugal ahead of their 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup preparations.
This is coming after her fine goalscoring campaign in Vaxjo’s Elitettan title triumph, the 21-year-old, who scored 21 goals in 25 matches, has been rewarded with a senior call-up after her impactful outing with the U23 side in 2022.
In 2021, Evelyn and her younger sister Josephine were invited to the Super Falcons camp and were part of the team’s trip to Vienna, Austria but were not dressed in the team’s 1-0 victory over Slovenian side Olimpija Ljubljana.
Evelyn who presently plays for Vaxjo DFF in Sweden top women’s division League trained with the nine-time African Champions in their eight-day training camp in Vienna.
And her excited father who is a former Super Eagles striker, Peter Ijeh took to social media to share the news.
“Evelyn Ijeh invited to the Swedish Senior National Team to camp in Portugal. What Jehovah Can’t Do doesn’t exist,” the post reads.
Both Nigeria and Sweden qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
Sweden are in group G with Italy, South Africa and Argentina while Nigeria are in group B alongside host Australia, Canada, and Republic of Ireland.
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