By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS
Super Falcons head coach, Randy Waldrum has said the team will fight hard to secure a berth at the 2024 Olympic Games.
The three-time African champions have not attended the Olympics since 2008.
Waldrum stated it is important for his team qualify for the games this time around.
“The goal obviously is to qualify for the Olympics. We can’t look ahead of ourselves and say this is what we want to achieve at the Olympics,”Waldrum told the Super Falcons media team.
“Qualification is going to be the primary goal. Everyone know we have some difficult set of matches coming up against Cameroon.
“The focus is now on the two matches. Cameroon stopped us from going to the Olympics few years back, I think in 2012. The two countries know each other very well.
“They have lots of talents and are very dangerous, especially their counter attacking style of play.
“But I really like our squad, I like the team chemistry. We are able to get all our players back in for these matches which us very important.
“So, if we can put together the performances like we did at the last World Cup , then I fancy our chances.
“We just need to build on what we did at the World Cup and even do better. The difficult part in all these matches, is that the window of time in the international break does not allow for a lot of training time. READ ALSO:
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“We will have to use our experience at the World Cup to win these games because we have few days to train.”
The Super Falcons will battle the Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon in the third round of the qualifiers.
The first leg encounter will take place at the Stade de la Reunification in Douala on Friday evening.
The reverse fixture is slated for the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja next week Monday.
