FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023: Super Falcons Plot Sweet Revenge On England

On 10 June 1995, on the Karlstad Metropolis Stadium in Sweden, England’s Three Lionesses edged the Tremendous Falcons of Nigeria 3-2 in one of many last group part matches of the 2nd FIFA Girls’s World Cup finals in that nation.

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That yr, as was the case on the inaugural version of the competitors in China 4 years earlier, there have been solely 12 finalists.

The slim loss, coupled with the eight-goal thrashing by Norway and a 3-3 draw with Canada earlier within the competitors, noticed the African champions exit the competitors on the group stage.

On Monday, seventh August 2023, each groups will conflict once more, this time, on the biggest-ever FIFA Girls’s World Cup finals happening in Australia and New Zealand (with 32 groups), and on the first knock-out spherical of the event.

To achieve this stage, England defeated Haiti and Denmark 1-0 every, earlier than spanking China (1999 FIFA Girls’s World Cup finalists) 6-1 on Tuesday.

Though the Falcons pipped England 1-0 in a pleasant in Norwich (England) on 23 July 2002 after which spanked the Three Lionesses 3-0 in one other pleasant in Studying (additionally in England) on 22 April 2004, the Nigerian women really feel they should flip England again on the largest stage, which is the World Cup.

Adaku Okoroafor and Rita Nwadike netted for Nigeria that day in Sweden. Within the pleasant match in Norwich, fast winger Endurance Avre bought the one objective, and in Studying two years later, a Perpetua Nkwocha brace adopted a objective by Rita Nwadike as Nigeria pumped the Three Lionesses in entrance of their very own followers.

“The World Cup is the most important stage and we simply should do it right here,” assistant coach Ann Chiejine, who was in objective that night in Karlstad, instructed thenff.com.

Chiejine is considered one of Randy Waldrum’s assistants on the biggest-ever FIFA Girls’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

Attacking midfielder Toni Payne, mentioned: “Something can occur. We simply should go onto the pitch and do our greatest. We need to win and attain the following stage.”

The stage is about at Lang Park on Monday night, from 5.30 pm Australia time (8.30 am Nigeria) for one of the vital anticipated Spherical of 16 video games at this international spectacle Down Underneath.

The nine-time African champions are unbeaten of their final six worldwide video games, from beating Costa Rica on the Revelation Cup in Mexico in February to defeating Haiti and New Zealand in a event in April in Turkey. On the World Cup, they’ve drawn with Canada and Republic of Eire and overwhelmed Australia’s Matildas.

England have misplaced considered one of their final six video games – a 0-2 defeat by Australia in April. They drew with Brazil in April, and with Portugal in July, however have received their three matches on the ongoing World Cup.

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