FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Motivated Falcons Keen To Make History In Brisbane

Victory of their Spherical of 16 conflict with England on Monday will rank the Class of 2023 as probably the most profitable Senior Girls Nationwide Group of Nigeria (Tremendous Falcon), because the squad would have achieved a first-ever knock-out stage win at soccer’s highest platform.

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When the Class of 1999 reached the quarter finals in the US, the match was a 16-team occasion they usually made the final eight straight from the group part, following wins over North Korea and Denmark. Following the growth to 24 groups, earlier than this 32-team format, a group should negotiate a Spherical of 16 to succeed in the quarter-finals.

On the group assembly earlier than the ultimate Group B conflict with Republic of Eire on the now-familiar Lang Park, Coach Randy Waldrum had a sheet hidden underneath his instruction paper on the small board as he spoke to his expenses. After the directions, he unveiled the hidden sheet to disclose the quantity of $60,000 – what every participant could be receiving as prize cash for reaching the Spherical of 16. The gamers roared.

The American is more likely to do the identical at Monday’s pre-match assembly, with the determine a extra good-looking $90,000!

One other motivation for Monday’s sport is that the opposition is England – the group that stopped the Tremendous Falcons reaching the final eight in Sweden in 1995. This was 4 years earlier than they made it in America.

Nigeria Tremendous falcons’ star participant Asisat Oshoala will certainly be eager to play an enormous half on this. England’s defender and captain, Millie Vivid, whom the Barcelona Female ahead will probably be duelling with on Monday night, is a fellow Ballon d’Or nominee like Oshoala.

Oshoala additionally watched one other nominee and Spain’s star-girl, Aitana Bonmati rating twice as La Roja eclipsed Switzerland 5-1 within the match’s first Spherical of 16 conflict on Saturday.

On Monday, Nigeria will probably be desperate to get shortly off the blocks with midfield anchors Christy Ucheibe and Halimatu Ayinde, and attacking midfielder Rasheedat Ajibade clearly within the type of their lives.

Ucheibe, who excelled in 18 tackles within the group part, and Ayinde (who had the best passing accuracy within the match in opposition to Australia and gained extra possession in opposition to Republic of Eire) will kind the primary line of safety for in-form goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and defenders Osinachi Ohale, Oluwatosin Demehin, Michelle Alozie and Ashleigh Plumptre.

On the fore, Nigeria might nonetheless financial institution on the energetic Toni Payne, Uchenna Kanu and Oshoala, however there’s the likelihood that power-charging Want Oparanozie might see her first minutes within the finals on Monday.

With three African groups making it to the Spherical of 16 this time, the Falcons realise they must do one thing additional to maintain their heads above the African rubble.

Morocco grew to become the primary African group to win consecutive matches on the Girls’s World Cup with out conceding a aim after they pipped South Korea and Colombia 1-0 respectively to arrange a conflict with France.

They completed with six factors to Nigeria’s 5, and helped account for the group stage elimination of two-time champions Germany within the greatest shock of the competitors until date.

South Africa’s Banyana Banyana are additionally supercharged after three credible video games, during which they led Sweden earlier than being edged 1-2, led Argentina earlier than ending it at 2-2 and snatched a late winner in a dramatic 3-2 defeat of Italy.

To proceed being the group Africa has to look as much as, the Tremendous Falcons should come massive to the celebration on Monday, on a well-recognized turf, and with the phrases of NFF President Ibrahim Musa Gusau ringing of their ears.

“Our gamers are extremely motivated and collectively formidable. The match in opposition to England is a giant one for them and they’re eager to show up on the day. Reaching the quarter-finals is a giant chance and they’ll go all out for it.”

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