Izuchukwu Okosi
African women’s champions Super Falcons will later this evening (Wednesday) face the Lady Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire in the reverse leg of their 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations qualifiers at the 10, 000 capacity Stade Robert Champroux in Marcory, a suburb in Abidjan.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe Falcons defeated their west African rivals 2-0 in the first leg on Friday at the Moshood Abiola stadium in Abuja with goals from Ifeoma Onumonu the difference between the two teams.
The nine-time African champions are without African women’s Footballer of the Year Asisat Oshoala through injury as well as Desire Oparanozie and Francisca Ordega.
The Ivorians will be hoping to overturn the two-goal lead by the Nigerians bouyed by their humiliating 20-0 aggregate win over Niger Republic before setting up the clashes with Nigeria.
However the Falcons will be inspired by the desire to avenge their failure to qualify for the football event of the 2020 Olympics as they were eliminated by their hosts.
The winner of today’s game over two legs books their place in the 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations in Morocco which serves as qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
