By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Technical director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Augustine Eguavoen is confident the Super Falcons will have a decent outing at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The Super Falcons are in a difficult group with olympic champions Canada, co-hosts Australia and Republic of Ireland.
Nigeria’s preparation for the quadrennial competition has been marred with controversy following war of words between Super Falcons head coach, Randy Waldrum and the NFF, PROMPT NEWS reports.
Despite the impasse, Eguavoen is upbeat the Super Falcons will do well in Australia and New Zealand.
“I’m very optimistic that they will perform well,” Eguavoen told reporters.
“The first game is always very important, the first game will determine how far we will go.
“Because if anything goes wrong in the first game, then the team becomes jittery, but with the quality of players we have, I think they are good enough to handle any kind of pressure and I’m looking at a very good performance.”
Waldrum’s will begin their campaign against Canada at the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium on Thursday.
