Ignore off field distractions, Florence Omagbemi tells Super Falcons

By Saheed Afolabi

Nigeria ex international, Florence Omagbemi has warned the Super Falcons to ignore the off field distractions and focus on the assignment at hand at the Women’s World Cup in Australia.

The Super Falcons are in bonus row with the Nigeria Football Federation, with coach Randy Waldrum slamming the Glass House for not paying his accumulated seven-month salaries.

Commenting on the matter, the 2016 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations winning coach urged the Super Falcons not to underrate any side, while tasking them to concentrate on their prime aim of qualifying from the group stage amid unnecessary off field distractions.

“Ireland are not pushovers in that group, even though this is their first World Cup. But I am confident that Nigeria will get a win in that game,” Omagbemi told The Cable.

“The players must set aside the distractions of all the off-the-field incidents and face the task of qualifying from the group.

“If players ignore the distractions of all the off-the-field incidents and have the right mindset, they have a huge chance.”

Nigeria are in a dicey group and will compete with Canada, Republic of Ireland and Australia for the qualification spots to the next round.