Women’s World Cup 2023: ‘Nigeria are under no pressure’ – Onome Ebi

By Saheed Afolabi

Nigeria captain Onome Ebi has revealed, the team is not under any pressure to perform at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

The Super Falcons are pitched in Group B with co-host, Australia, Canada and Republic of Ireland and the veteran defender admitted the Falcons are in a tough group but they remain calm about their ahead of prosecuting their matches at the World Cup.

“We are aware that we are in a difficult pool. We have the reigning champions Canada who we have faced twice before, losing one and drawing one. Then we have Ireland and Australia who we have not played against,” Onome told CAFOnline.com.

“We know it will also be very tough against Australia because they will be playing at home. We are under no pressure however and we are calm about these matches.

“All of these teams have qualified and earned their right to be at the World Cup. We have to be ready to face them.”

The Super Falcons will play their first game against Olympic champions Canada on Friday 21, 2023, before locking horns with Australia and New Zealand later on in the tournament.