Defender Onome Ebi has stated that the Super Falcons will leave nothing to chance when they take on the Queen Scorpions of Gambia in Monday’s second leg African Women’s Cup of Nations qualifier at the Agege Stadium.
Amarachi Okoronkwo’s long range strike in the first leg clash played last Wednesday gave the eight time African Champions a 1-0 lead ahead of the second leg.
Ebi who returned to the team after recovering from an injury lay-off told CSN that the team is delighted at the first leg win but won’t underrate the Gambians whom she admits were tough to beat.
“The first leg was tough but we won the game,” She began in a chat with journalists.
“All we need to do is to close them down as much as we can to get the result needed to qualify for the Nations Cup.
“But we won’t underrate them because that could be dangerous.”
The Super Falcons will qualify for the 11th Women Africa Cup of Nations at the expense of Gambia’s Queen Scorpions if they avoid defeat in the game.
Eagles get day off, eat Nigerian food in Austrian camp
The Super Eagles of Nigeria, currently preparing for the 2018 World at their Bad Tatzmanndsdorf training camp in Austria, got a rare treat from coach Gernot Rorh when he gave the players Sunday afternoon off to allow family members visit and spend time with them.
According to Complete Sports sources in the Eagles’ camp, Sunday was declared Family Day and the players were let off immediately after morning training.
“The coach gave everybody the day off for wives, girlfriends and children to visit ahead of the trip to Russia on Monday. However, there will be normal training tomorrow morning before we board the plane for Yessentuki (the team’s World Cup base Russia),” the source said.
To cap a last night in Austria, the Nigerian Embassy also brought Nigerian foods for the team as part of their sendforth to the World Cup.
“What coach Rorh did came as a surprise to the whole team and officials. This was the first and only time he would be allowing such since we opened our World Cup camp in Uyo last month,” the source concluded.
Nigeria will play Croatia in their opening group game on Saturday June 16, face Iceland on June 22 before rounding up the group games against Argentina on June 26 in St. Petersburg
