Nigeria’s Super Falcons are on a quest for a historic quarterfinal appearance at the FIFA Women’s World Cup as they face England in an exhilarating showdown early Monday morning.
Having finished as runners-up in Group B, the former African champions are set to clash with England, the Group D winners, in what promises to be an intense encounter. This marks Nigeria’s third appearance in the knockout stage and England’s fifth.
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Utter shambles. The Super Falcons had huge opportunity to defeat England but they messed up big time. You don’t joke with a team like England. The English women team came to the match with their usual ‘Superiority mentality’. Even when they were down to 10 players they still managed to outmatched the Super Falcons. Our No.14 Demehin, No.12 Kanu and No.9 Desire Oparanozie were just useless. Asisat Oshoala didn’t make any impact either. I knew we can’t match the Lionesses in Penalty spot kicks. In the end, the Lionesses’s psychological tactics worked on the Super Falcons and they fell like birds without wings. What a wasted opportunity to show the West, esp. Europeans, that we’re better