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“We saw warriors who gave their all” – Super Eagles star sends cute message to dethroned Super Falcons
The Randy Waldrum-tutored girls misplaced their WAFCON crown within the deflating defeat to hosts Morocco on Monday evening
Tremendous Eagles winger Moses Simon has despatched a touching message to the Tremendous Falcons to cheer the workforce up after their disappointing loss to Morocco within the semifinals of the 2022 Girls Africa Cup of Nations.
Trying to find their tenth continental crown, the Tremendous Falcons had been the favourites towards a Moroccan workforce making it out of the group stage on the Wafcon for the primary time.
However a problematic encounter noticed the Nigerians lowered to 10 girls, battled just a few controversial calls, and stood as much as a partisan near-50,000 document crowd contained in the Stade Prince Moulay Abdallah.
Each time, you consider what the Tremendous Falcons went by means of towards hosts, Morocco on Monday, you simply need to applaud their by no means surrender angle the extra.
See lasers on Nigeria gamers and it was accomplished by means of 120 minutes, together with the shootout too.#WAFCON2022 pic.twitter.com/NJmU5PdNkh
— Damilola Alagbe (@dammydudu) July 19, 2022
Nonetheless, the Tremendous Falcons scored the sport’s first aim and dragged the Atlas Lionesses to penalties. Sadly, striker Ify Onumonu didn’t convert her spot-kick as Nigeria fell 5-4 to the hosts.
However the battling show of the Tremendous Falcons has not gone unnoticed, with many voicing their admiration for the never-give-up mentality of the nine-time champions.
Nantes ahead Moses Simon has additionally confessed his pleasure in watching the Nigerian girls struggle like ‘warriors’ towards the chances for 120 minutes.
The Tremendous Eagles ace charged the Falcons to cheer up as their efforts will probably be rewarded bountifully sooner or later.
“We didn’t see gamers on the pitch. We noticed warriors who gave their all for the nation’s pleasure. You left us all very proud. Higher days forward cheers up, women,” Simon wrote on Twitter.
We did not see gamers on the pitch. We noticed warriors who gave their all for the nation’s pleasure. You left us all very proud.Higher days forward cheers up women ? pic.twitter.com/JkbNDDXLju
— MSimon27 (@Simon27Moses) July 19, 2022
Nigeria can nonetheless salvage some extra pleasure once they face Zambia on Friday in Casablanca with the Wafcon’s bronze medal at stake.
