Paris 2024 Olympics: Super Falcons to play defending champions Canada in Spain

By Samuel Ahmadu

Ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics campaign, Nigeria women’s national team will face a big test when they square up against their Canadian counterparts in an international friendly on July 17, in Sevilla, Spain.

Following the Super Falcons historic qualification to the Olympic with 1-0 aggregate triumph over African champions South Africa in April, the nine-time African champions will be able to measure their progress against defending champions Canadians.

Both countries will be meeting in a friendly duel for the second time on Spanish soil after earlier meeting in 2019 – prior to the France 2019 Women’s World Cup, ending in a 2-1 defeat despite Desire Oparanozie effort.

They also tango last summer at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which ended in a 0-0 draw in Brisbane.

Confirming the development, head coach Randy Waldrum, who announced his 22-woman squad on Wednesday, gave insights into his team preparation schedule.

“We are scheduled leave on Thursday to Spain. We will camp for about 10 days,” NigeriaFootball.ng monitored his interview with Tinman Podcast.

“We will play Canada in a friendly on the July 17 and the next day, July 18 we will head over to Bordeaux to prepare for our opening match on July 25.

“It is an opportunity to get a few days to try to organise the team for the tournament. The camp in Spain will really be very important to us.”

In return from 16-year hiatus, the West Africans will open their campaign against Brazil, at the Stade Bordeaux on 25th July, before battling with Spain (28th July) and Japan (31st July) against Spain and Japan respectively in Nantes.