Onome Ebi tasks Super Falcons to maintain winning momentum against New Zealand

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Nigeria senior women’s national team captain, Onome Ebi says the team has to maintain its recent winning momentum when it faces 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup co-host, New Zealand in a friendly match on Tuesday.

Super Falcons bounced back from seven games winless run to earn a 1-0 win over Costa Rica at the maiden Revelation Cup and followed it with a 2-1 win against Haiti in another international friendly encounter last Friday.

A feat Ebi wants to continue ahead of Tuesday’s game which is in preparation for this year’s global showpiece.

“We have to maintain the form that we have attained over the past two matches,” Ebi told thenff.com.

“It is important for us to keep up the momentum, to keep winning, and know that we can always overwhelm our opponents. The spirit is back and we are determined to sustain it.”

Tuesday’s clash against the Ferns will take place at the Mardan Sports Complex in Antalya, from 4 pm Turkish time (2 pm Nigeria time) and the veteran defender backs her side to continue with the hard work

“We suffered a poor patch for some months but we are happy to start winning again,” she continued.

“The hard job is to sustain the winning streak and we’re ready to do that hard work.”

Ebi, who has played in five FIFA World Cup finals (USA 2003, China 2007, Germany 2011, Canada 2015, and France 2019) will be making her sixth appearance at football’s top table for women when the Falcons take on co-hosts Australia, Canada and Republic of Ireland in Melbourne and Brisbane this summer.