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Nigeria legend Mercy Akide prescribes dose to overcome England
By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde
Former Nigeria’s senior women’s national team forward, Mercy Akide-Udoh believes the Super Falcons can defeat England in the Round of 16 clash at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brisbane on Monday.
Akide has played at three FIFA Women’s World Cups and won three Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in 1998, 2000, and 2002 with vast experience on the global stage with the West African giants.
The former Jegede Babes forward has prescribed ways of taming the European champions for the nine-time African champions’ passage into the quarter-final for the second time in their history at the tournament.
“She [James] is very technical in front of goal. They cannot give her even a small inch, because she can manipulate the ball and she can strike it well too,” Akide told ESPN.
“She plays very gracefully. That is the thing that fascinates me just watching her. She makes football so easy, and that is why our players have to mark her really tight.”
Akide during her playing days featured for the likes of Garden City Queens, Jegede Babes, Ufuoma Babes, and Pelican Stars in the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL).
She also played abroad with Hampton Road Piranhas and San Diego Spirit in the United States of America (USA).
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